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08-08-2011, 06:42 PM
08-08-2011, 11:19 PM
In 1943, the chairman of a major company said, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." In 1977, the founder of an electronics company said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Edited: 8 Aug 2011, 11:19 p.m.
08-09-2011, 12:43 AM
In all fairness, there probably wasn't a market for more than around five computers of the type that could be built in 1943.
08-09-2011, 04:02 PM
You are probably right - one in the U.S., one in Great Britain (they both had them), one in USSR, one in Germany, and one in Japan (they wished they had them).
08-09-2011, 04:17 PM
Germany had computers, Konrad Zuse was bulding electro-mechanical computers in Germany starting in the early 1940s.
08-10-2011, 12:59 AM
Quote: Back in those days we had a saying about the use of personal computers "Computers; O.K. for aerospace, but not safe around the house." |
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