These people probably regret a few words, thinking they had the answer to it all... :tired:
" Computers will, in the future, probably have a weight about 1 1/2 tons..."
Magazine Popular Mechanics, 1949
" I think there is a market in the world for maybe 5 computers"
Thomas Watson, Chairman of the IBM board, 1943"
"Who the hell wants to hear the moviestars talk???
H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
"We don?t like their sound, and guitar music is not popular"
Decca Recording Co. refusing The Beatles 1962.
"Everything that can be invented, is already invented"
Charles H. Duell, Member of the commission at the patent office in America, 1899.
"640 kb would be enough for anyone"
Bill Gates, 1981
"That Rainbow-song is not very good, lets cut that one"
Memo at MGM after the premiere of The Wizard of Oz
"Forget it, not one movie about the war have ever given us a cent in profit"
Director at MGM concerning the book "Gone with the Wind"
"Can not act, can not sing and is almost bold. Can barely dance"
MGM memo after an audition with a newbie 1928 that they refused.
Who? Fred Astaire.
"Everyone is saved from the Titatic"
New York Evening Sun, Apr 15 1912
"Tv will never have an impact in anyones life, not in yours and not in mine"
Rex Lambert, 1936.
" Computers will, in the future, probably have a weight about 1 1/2 tons..."
Magazine Popular Mechanics, 1949
" I think there is a market in the world for maybe 5 computers"
Thomas Watson, Chairman of the IBM board, 1943"
"Who the hell wants to hear the moviestars talk???
H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
"We don?t like their sound, and guitar music is not popular"
Decca Recording Co. refusing The Beatles 1962.
"Everything that can be invented, is already invented"
Charles H. Duell, Member of the commission at the patent office in America, 1899.
"640 kb would be enough for anyone"
Bill Gates, 1981
"That Rainbow-song is not very good, lets cut that one"
Memo at MGM after the premiere of The Wizard of Oz
"Forget it, not one movie about the war have ever given us a cent in profit"
Director at MGM concerning the book "Gone with the Wind"
"Can not act, can not sing and is almost bold. Can barely dance"
MGM memo after an audition with a newbie 1928 that they refused.
Who? Fred Astaire.
"Everyone is saved from the Titatic"
New York Evening Sun, Apr 15 1912
"Tv will never have an impact in anyones life, not in yours and not in mine"
Rex Lambert, 1936.
