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| 1899 | "Everything that can be invented has already been invented.", Charles H. Duell, director of the U.S. Patent Office |
| 1943 | "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.", Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM. |
| 1949 | "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.", Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science. |
| 1957 | "I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall. |
| 1965 | Moore's law published by Gordon Moore in the 35th Anniversary edition of Electronics magazine. Originally suggesting processor complexity every year the law was revised in 1975 to suggest a doubling in complexity every two years. |
| 1968 | "But what ... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM commenting on the microchip. |
| 1977 | "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.. |
| 1980 | "DOS addresses only 1 Megabyte of RAM because we cannot imagine any applications needing more." Microsoft on the development of DOS. |
| 1981 | "640k ought to be enough for anybody.", Bill Gates |
| 1992 | "Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM which is more than any application will ever need". Microsoft on the development of Windows NT |