Hi New to the list, but a Macophile since the 128K days. Your list was recommended on one of the Filemaker lists...
Not really an obsolescence quote bit always amuses me... “There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don’t believe this to be a coincidence.” --- Jeremy S. Anderson Stephen --- "Unknown has encountered a problem and needs to close. Unknown created an error report that you can send (to Microsoft) to help us improve unknown." On Aug 18, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Eugene wrote: > A few others: > > "So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built > with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll > give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for > you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, > 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'" > Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer > > Where’s the “Any” key? Homer Simpson > > "The Internet. Is that thing still around?" Homer Simpson > > "First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn > numbers into letters with ASCII - and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we > discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide > Web, we've realised it's a brochure." > Douglas Adams (1952-2001) > > Eugene > > > > A few nice ones: > > "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Charles H. Duell, > Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 > > "Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. " > Lord Kelvin, British Physicist, 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 > > "It would appear we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve > with computer technology." > John von Neumann, computer scientist, 1949 > > In 1953 IBM predicts the total world market for computers to be 52. > > "I have travelled 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 > > "But what is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems > Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken > Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of DEC, 1977 > > And a slightly more modern favourite: > > "640k ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates, Co-Founder and CEO > of Microsoft, 1981 > > > Regards, > Eugene > > > On 19/08/2011, at 5:43 AM, cm wrote: > >> And there's always: >> "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the >> shareholders," Michael Dell in October 1997 speaking about Apple before a >> crowd of several thousand IT executives. >> >> C >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 19/08/2011, at 1:43, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From the latest Sitepoint newsletter... >>> >>> Don’t Look Now—You’re Obsolete >>> >>> How does that saying go … “Those who don’t know history are destined to >>> repeat it …”? It seems that the newest, emerging technology is always >>> disparaged by those threatened by it—often by the inventors of the >>> preceding technology. >>> >>> In spite of being labeled a fraud for claiming that the human voice could >>> be transmitted over wire, radio pioneer and vacuum tube inventor, Lee >>> DeForest, called the commercial development of television “an >>> impossibility,” and declared that a manned moon voyage will “never occur.” >>> Here are some other Very Bad Future Predictions regarding past >>> technological advances: >>> >>> Rail travel at high speed is not possible, because passengers, unable to >>> breathe, would die of asphyxia. – Dr Dionysys Larder, professor of Natural >>> Philosophy and Astronomy, University College London, 1800 >>> This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a >>> means of communication. – Western Union internal memo, 1876 >>> Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous >>> failure. – Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology, >>> on Edison’s light bulb, 1880 >>> The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty, a fad. – >>> President of Michigan Savings Bank, advising Henry Ford’s lawyer not to >>> invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903 >>> >>> >>> >>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >>> Perth, Western Australia >>> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- 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]> >> >> >> >> -- 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]> > > > > > -- 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]> > -- 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]>
