Interesting conversation - btw this is one of the biggest misquotes in history - it isn't what he said. "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
I also find the commentary interesting given recent comments about linked in on this forum. There are a lot of people that still think social media is a bit like the horse referred to below. Kind regards Justin On 19/08/2011, at 7:39 AM, Eugene wrote: > A few others: > > "So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built > with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll > give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for > you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, > 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'" > Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer > > Where’s the “Any” key? Homer Simpson > > "The Internet. Is that thing still around?" Homer Simpson > > "First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn > numbers into letters with ASCII - and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we > discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide > Web, we've realised it's a brochure." > Douglas Adams (1952-2001) > > Eugene > > > > A few nice ones: > > "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Charles H. Duell, > Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 > > "Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. " > Lord Kelvin, British Physicist, 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 > > "It would appear we have reached the limits of what it is possible to > achieve with computer technology." > John von Neumann, computer scientist, 1949 > > In 1953 IBM predicts the total world market for computers to be 52. > > "I have travelled 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 > > "But what is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems > Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken > Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of DEC, 1977 > > And a slightly more modern favourite: > > "640k ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates, Co-Founder and CEO > of Microsoft, 1981 > > > Regards, > Eugene > <(null) 4.tiff> > > On 19/08/2011, at 5:43 AM, cm wrote: > >> And there's always: >> "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the >> shareholders," Michael Dell in October 1997 speaking about Apple before a >> crowd of several thousand IT executives. >> >> C >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 19/08/2011, at 1:43, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> wrote: >> >>> From the latest Sitepoint newsletter... >>> >>> Don’t Look Now—You’re Obsolete >>> >>> How does that saying go … “Those who don’t know history are destined to >>> repeat it …”? 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