David,
add this one to the quote... from guess who!
"I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit
narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an
ashram when he was younger." - Steve Jobs
Must be the reason for all the fancy iMac colours ? :-)
Mark Scholmann
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From: "David Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, 12 September 2003 10:56
Subject: We've come a long way
> "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously
> considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of
> no value to us."
> Western Union, internal memo, 1876
>
> "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
> Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
>
> "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
> Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
>
> "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
> Popular Mechanics, 1949
>
> "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked
> 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
>
> "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
> Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment
> Corporation, 1977
>
> "640k ought to be enough for anybody."
> Bill Gates, Co-Founder and CEO of Microsoft, 1981
>
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