"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
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
--Bill Gates, 1981