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Misjudgments about the future


The Commissioner of US Patents said that everything that can be invented has been invented (1899)

Thomas Watson forecast a world market for about five computers (1943)

Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, said no one needed to have a personal computer at home (1977)

Bill Gates said that 640K would be enough memory for anyone (1981)






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