"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." --Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp.
"I'd shut [Apple] down and give the money back to the shareholders." --Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell
"No one will need more than 637KB of memory for a personal computer. 640KB ought to be enough for anybody." --Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft.
"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." Speaking about the launch of the iPod in 2001 - Cmdr Taco – Slashdot.org
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse." -- Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com, inventor of Ethernet, 1995.
"Within five years, I predict [the tablet] will be the most popular form of PC sold in America." -- Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, in a 2002 speech at Comdex
"Everything that can be invented has already been invented."
Charles Duell, commissioner for the U.S. Patent Office in 1899.
"We will never make a 32 bit operating system." — Bill Gates.
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." --Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp.