More quotes on 'The Future'

To close his keynote address, John Mancini quoted these statements from the past.

His point being that it is difficult to accurately predict the outcome of future technologies.

I think there is a world market for about five computers.

Thomas J. Watson, IBM, 1943

I can assure you on the highest authority that data processing is a fad and won't last out the year.

Business editor, Prentice-Hall Publishers, 1957

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.

Ken Olson, DEC, 1977