Technology can be a finicky monster, seemingly going one way before ultimately going another. And attempting to predict its course with certainty can pretty set you up to look like a fool, many years later. Hindsight is 20/20, of course, but here's a collection of 10 things said by 10 smart people who just didn't get it right. "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 1943 "500 dollars? Fully subsidized? With a plan? I said that is the most expensiv...
Technology can be a finicky monster, seemingly going one way before ultimately going another. And attempting to predict its course with certainty can pretty set you up to look like a fool, many years later. Hindsight is 20/20, of course, but here's a collection of 10 things said by 10 smart people who just didn't get it right. "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 1943 "500 dollars? Fully subsidized? With a plan? I said that is the most expensiv...
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