The following are from my personal collection of favourite
computer quotes; a candid and clever reflection of life prior, and today's current
computer domination. Enjoy!
There
is a world market for about five computers. ~Thomas J Watson, 1958 Chairman of IBM
Computers
in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1.5 tons.
-Popular Mechanics, March 1949
-Popular Mechanics, March 1949
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
I have traveled 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, 1957
But what... is it good for? ~IBM executive Robert Lloyd,
speaking in 1968 microprocessor, the heart of today's computers
"Everything that can be invented has already
been invented." ~Charles H.
Duell, director of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899
I have traveled
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, 1957
Man is still the
most extraordinary computer of all. ~John F. Kennedy
Computers make
it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to
do - don't need to be done. ~Andy Rooney
If computers get
too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in. ~Author
Unknown
Treat your
password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a
new one every six months. ~Clifford Stoll
I just wish my
mouth had a backspace key. ~Author Unknown
Yesterday it
worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. ~Margaret
Segall, 1998
At least my
pencil never crashes!
~Author Unknown
In a few minutes
a computer can make a mistake so great that it would have taken many men many
months to equal it.
~Author Unknown
In the old days,
people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks. Now they're
knocking off servers.
~Richard Power
Mac users swear by their computers. PC users swear at their computers. ~Author Unknown
Computers add a
new aspect to my character. I cuss more. ~Ethel Farmer
Blimey - I am a
stubborn and slow learner although I like to think I am finally getting it.
Bit by bit. ~Ethel Farmer
Bit by bit. ~Ethel Farmer
I closed the top
of my laptop, laid my head on the shiny black surface, and wept. ~Ethel Farmer
Byte me. ~Ethel Farmer

