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Res ipsa loquitur
- “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” - Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, 19771
- “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.” - The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Company, 19032
- “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” - Lord Kelvin, president of the Royal Society, 18952
- “X-rays will prove to be a hoax.” - Lord Kelvin, 18832
- “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.” - William Orton, president of Western Union, 18762
- “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 19433
- “Television won’t last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.” - Darryl Zanuck, movie producer, 20th Century Fox, 19464
- “The Internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996.” - Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com and inventor of Ethernet, 19954