Foresight

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
- Thomas Watson (1874-1956), Chairman of IBM, in 1943

“The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C’, the idea must be feasible.”
- A Yale University management professor, in response to student Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service (Smith went on to found Federal Express)

“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
- Bill Gates (1955-), in 1981

“This antitrust thing will blow over.”
- Bill Gates (1955-), on July 11, 1995

“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.”
- Decca Recording Company, rejecting the Beatles, in 1962

“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?”
- Harry Morris Warner (1881-1958), co-founder of Warner Brothers, in 1927

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