The (*apocryphal?*) story I heard was when I was working at the U.of F. in '65: IBM did a market survey before committing to the S/360 and determined that the saturation point, the maximum world market for computers was 6,000 of them. They decided the market WAS big enough to spend the money to build the S/360...
(You were with Tom in '35??? Now THAT sounds apocryphal. Edison and I didn't see you there...)... Hal Kaplan wrote: >=> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 15:42 >=> To: profox@leafe.com; ProLinux Email List >=> Subject: [NF] HOWTO: Dual boot with Fedora Core 6 and Windows XP >=> >=> Not everyone has a half-dozen computers in their office or >=> home so that they can use a separate machine for each OS >=> they want to work with. >=> After all, Tom Watson of IBM once said that he couldn't >=> imagine a need for more than five computers in the entire world. >=> >=> Whil >=> >Whil, that's a cute story that has taken on a life of its own. I was with Tom >at MIT in 1935 when he supposedly made that remark and I can tell you that he >did not say that. What he said was, "I don't think there is enough room on >the planet for more than 4 or 5 of these things." > >Of course a few years later, the aliens came with transistors and integrated >circuits and in no-time flat, miniaturization made the planet big enough for >many, many, many, many more of "these things." But that is a different story. > >B+ >HALinNY > > > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
