15 and 1 Tech Headlines Which Have Been Proved to Be Nonsense

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. (Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895)

Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. (Popular Mechanics, 1949)

I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. (Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943)

I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processings is a fad that won't last out the year. (The editor in charge of business books for Prentice-Hall, 1957)

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. (Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977)

But what...is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip)

The telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. (Western Union internal memo, 1876)

No imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? (David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urging investment in the radio in the 1920's)

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? (H.M. Warner about using the sound in movies, Warner Brothers, 1927)

Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. (Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859)

Airplanes are interesting toys, but they are of no military value whatsoever. (Marechal Ferdinand Fock, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre)

Everything that can be invented has been invented. (Charles H. Duell, Office of Patents, 1899)

Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. (Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872)

640K ought to be enough for anybody. (Bill Gates, 1981)

100 million dollarsis too much of a price for Microsoft. (IBM, 1982)

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