Technology Quotes

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Technology Quotes
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Everything that can be invented has been
invented.
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of
Patents, 1899
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I think there is a world market for maybe five
computers.
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
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Computers in the future may weigh no more than
1.5 tons.
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless
march of science, 1949
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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
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Man will never reach the moon regardless of all
future advances.
Dr. Lee De Forest, inventor of the vacuum tube
and father of television
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But what ... is it good for?
Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems
Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip
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There is no reason anyone would want a computer
in their home.
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of
Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
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We went to Atari and say, Hey, weve got this
amazing thing, even built with some of your
parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or
well give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay
our salary, well come work for you. And they
said, No. So then we went to Hewlett-Packard,
and they said, Hey, we dont need you. You
havent got through college yet.
Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs on attempts to
get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve
Wozniaks personal computer
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640 K ought to be enough for anybody.
Bill Gates, 1981
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If the automobile had followed the same
development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce
would today cost 100, get a million miles per
gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone
inside.
Robert X. Cringley, InfoWorld
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There are thousands of buildings in this country
with millions of people in them with no access to
cable television and telephones and no hopes of
access to broadband services. They are called
schools.
Reed Hunt, Chair, FCC
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In technology we are white water rafting. Some
of us are in the raft. Others are the driftwood
that is being pulled along. Others are rocks, and
are not moving at all. And then there are the
boulders that hold everyone back.
David Thornburg
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It isn't easy being the parent of a six-year-old
today. However, it's a small price to pay to have
someone around the house who understands
computers.
Anonymous
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Every expert was once a beginner!
Anonymous
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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as
  though you meant it to happen.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 2. When you get to the point where you really
  understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 3. The first place to look for information is in
  the section of the manual where you'd least
  expect to find it.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 5. For every action, there is an equal and
  opposite malfunction.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 6. To err is human to blame your computer for
  your mistakes is even more human, it is downright
  natural.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 7. He who laughs last, probably has a back-up.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 8. The number one cause of computer problems is
  computer solutions.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 9. A complex system that doesn't work is
  invariably found to have evolved from a simpler
  system that worked just fine.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing

• 10. A computer program will always do what you
  tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing 2

• 1. Never let a computer know you are in a hurry.

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Murphy's Top 10 Lawsof Computing 2

• 2. In a few minutes a computer can make a
  mistake so great that it would have taken many
  men many months to equal it.

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The computer allows you to make mistakes faster
than any other invention, with the possible
exception of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
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If computers get too powerful, we can organize
them into a committeethat will do them in.
Bradleys Bromide
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The most overlooked advantage to owning a
computer is that if they foul up, theres no law
against whacking them around a little.
Porterfield