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Guess who wrote this? Message #1 Posted by robertoataulfo on 8 Aug 2011, 6:42 p.m. I have no personal knowledge of computers

Re: Guess who wrote this? Message #2 Posted by Kiyoshi Akima on 8 Aug 2011, 11:19 p.m., in response to message #1 by robertoataulfo In 1943, the chairman of a major company said, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." In 1977, the founder of an electronics company said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." (Edited to correct typos.) Edited: 8 Aug 2011, 11:19 p.m.

Re: Guess who wrote this? Message #3 Posted by Eric Smith on 9 Aug 2011, 12:43 a.m., in response to message #2 by Kiyoshi Akima In all fairness, there probably wasn't a market for more than around five computers of the type that could be built in 1943.

Re: Guess who wrote this? Message #4 Posted by Martin Pinckney on 9 Aug 2011, 4:02 p.m., in response to message #3 by Eric Smith You are probably right - one in the U.S., one in Great Britain (they both had them), one in USSR, one in Germany, and one in Japan (they wished they had them).

Re: Guess who wrote this? Message #5 Posted by Paul Berger (Canada) on 9 Aug 2011, 4:17 p.m., in response to message #4 by Martin Pinckney Germany had computers, Konrad Zuse was bulding electro-mechanical computers in Germany starting in the early 1940s.

Re: Guess who wrote this? Message #6 Posted by Palmer O. Hanson, Jr. on 10 Aug 2011, 12:59 a.m., in response to message #2 by Kiyoshi Akima Quote: In 1977, the founder of an electronics company said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Back in those days we had a saying about the use of personal computers "Computers; O.K. for aerospace, but not safe around the house."

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