Does anyone remember HAL ? A HAL 9000? > >Dan wrote: >> At 10:44 PM -0700 9/3/2009, Clark Martin wrote: >>> >> <His & Hers Macs> >>> >> Yup! Absolutely a necessity! >>> > ... and the kids too!! We all have aging Macs that work very well and >>>> afford some level of privacy. >>> His and hers Macs??? What an odd concept. Here it's his, hers, hers, >>> hers, hers, his, his, his, his, his, his... That's every one (me, wife, >>> 3 kids) have a laptop and I have a few more. Hard to see getting by on >>> just ONE computer. >> >> "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." >> -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 >> >> "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." >> -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 >> >> "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." >> -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., >1977 > >I always snicker at Tom Hanks line in Apollo 13 when he's escorting >congresscritters around and is talking about a "computer that fits on a >desk" > > > >You gotta really hand it to Ken Olson there for being such a visionary. >:) At least the others had little data to work on. > > >-- >Clark Martin >Redwood City, CA, USA >Macintosh / Internet Consulting > >"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > >>
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