«This antitrust thing will blow over.»
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.
What's so wrong about that one? I think it's right on the money, literally. Microsoft was never broken up or sanctioned in any meaningful way.
Edit:
«There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.»
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), maker of big business mainframe computers, arguing against the PC in 1977.
That's simply pathetic. The Radio Shack TRS-80 came out during that time frame, and it was a toy every geek wanted at Ohio State U.
Edit 2: A complete OT tangent caused by the above, I had
this mechanical computer as a kid. It was a plastic kit you put together. It's a mechanical digital computer with a 3-digit readout (also mechanical, 000-111, or 0-7 decimal). You are the "CPU" clock. You move a lever left and right until the thing stops changing states. It was programmed with plastic rods on pegs. I ended up destroying this thing stupidly. I wish I still had it.
Much-better picture, although I think this is a reproduction.
LOL! Yeah, that's a high-quality reproduction that sells for $49 in kit form. I think I may want to track it down.
