David, add this one to the quote... from guess who!
"I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." - Steve Jobs Must be the reason for all the fancy iMac colours ? :-) Mark Scholmann ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 12 September 2003 10:56 Subject: We've come a long way > "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously > considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of > no value to us." > Western Union, internal memo, 1876 > > "Everything that can be invented has been invented." > Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 > > "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, 1949 > > "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked > with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is > a fad that won't last out the year." > The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." > Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment > Corporation, 1977 > > "640k ought to be enough for anybody." > Bill Gates, Co-Founder and CEO of Microsoft, 1981 > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >
