"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
     - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.

"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers of the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1½ tons."
     - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, March 1949.

"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and walked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won\'t last out the year."
     - The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.

"But what ... is it good for?"
     - Computer Engineer at the IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
     - Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
     - Bill Gates, 1981, commenting on RAM.

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