In this thread, members can post their favourite quotation(s) on computing. These can be serious or amusing. I start off with a few random quotations: • 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 Cringely) • If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...? • Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on! (Rory Bremner) • You can tell you are a Computer addict if: You just tried to enter your password on the microwave. Your reason for not staying in touch with family is that they do not have e-mail addresses. You get an extra phone line so you can get phone calls.
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." - Popular Mechanics, 1949 "But what is it good for?" (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968) "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of DEC 1977 “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” -- Bill Gates, 1981 (actually Bill Gates denies this quote) "The Internet? Is that thing still around?" (Homer Simpson) "Programming is like sex: one mistake and you're providing support for a lifetime." (Michael Sinz)
