Foresight

I enjoy reading forwarded mails, but do not forward forwards. However, can't resist the temptation for sharing this one. This quotes reflect the foresight of so-called logically inclined intellectuals at a point of time.

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."- Thomas Watson (1874-1956), Chairman of IBM, in 1943

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C’, the idea must be feasible."- A Yale University management professor, in response to student Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service (Smith went on to found Federal Express)

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."- Bill Gates (1955-), in 1981

"We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."- Decca Recording Company, rejecting the Beatles, in 1962

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"- Harry Morris Warner (1881-1958), co-founder of Warner Brothers, in 1927