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Infamous Tech Industry Predictions and Quotations (fascinating article with tons of quotes)
https://www.techspot.com/article/754-tech-predictions-and-quotes/snip
“There definitely is a new kid on the block, but there is nothing that IBM has presented that would blow the industry away”
– Tandy’s Radio Shack division financial VP when asked about the IBM PC
[Business Week, August 24, 1981]
– Tandy’s Radio Shack division financial VP when asked about the IBM PC
[Business Week, August 24, 1981]
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“What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders”
– Michael Dell, Chairman/CEO of Dell Computers said when asked what he would do if he was CEO of Apple
[Various news outlets, October 1997]
– Michael Dell, Chairman/CEO of Dell Computers said when asked what he would do if he was CEO of Apple
[Various news outlets, October 1997]
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“There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.”
– Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
[USA Today, April 2007]
– Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
[USA Today, April 2007]
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“In five years we're going to sit around and laugh that we even had operating system wars; there's just going to be Linux. We're going to take over”
– Trae McCombs, site manager Linux.com
[Maximum Linux, October 1999]
– Trae McCombs, site manager Linux.com
[Maximum Linux, October 1999]
tons more, hilariously bad predictions and some really good ones.
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