Quotations on Computers

[bobcat]

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.

 

[kimsland]

"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)