-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelman, Tom Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 14:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Worst Predictions of All Time Other posters alluded to these predictions:
"I predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on March 15, 1996." Stewart Alsop, InfoWorld, March 1991 "It's clear that corporate customers still like to have centrally controlled, very predictable, reliable computing systems - exactly the kind of systems that IBM specializes in." Stewart Alsop, February 2002 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." (Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.) "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." (Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
