An expert is someone who is never in doubt but frequently in error!! Some famous last words of experts in their field.................. We dont need you. You havent got through college yet. - Hewlett Packard excuse to Steve Jobs, who founded Apple Computers instead. I think theres a world market for about maybe five computers. - Thomas J. Watson, chairman of the board of IBM Everything that can be invented has been invented. Charles H. Duell, Office of Patents, 1899 640K memory for a computer ought to be enough for anybody - Bill Gates, Microsoft, 1981 There will never be a bigger plane built. - A Boeing Engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that carried ten people. Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value. - Marechal Ferdinand, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre. We dont like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out. - Decca Executive, 1962, after turning down the Beatles There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. - Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corp. 1977 This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. - Western Union, memo, 1876 No imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? David Sarnoffs associates in response to his urging investment in the radio in the 1920s Who wants to hear actors talk? - H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927 While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility. - Lee DeForest, inventor Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax. Lord Kelvin English scientist, 1899 ( William Thomson)
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