Technology Quotes

1. "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
2. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
3. "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." Rich Cook, author, best known for his Wizardry series of books.
4. "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." Dennis Ritchie, Bell Labs, creator of the C programming language and key developer of UNIX.
5. "The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential." Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft.

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