Er zijn historische voorspellingen gemaakt die er flink naast zaten. Denk aan uitspraken van Bill Gates, Robert Metcalfe, Ken Olsen en Nathan Myhrvold. Nu is het uiteraard lekker makkelijk om achteraf dit te zeggen. Ik bedoel dit absoluut niet negatief maar de onderstaande quotes zijn historisch en vermakelijk! Welke vinden jullie historisch? Bekijk ook eens de onderstaande infographic van Socialcast met voorspellingen over technologie (via: x, y, of einstein).
640K should be enough for anybody (1981)
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
There was 'no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home (1977)
Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp.
Apple is already dead(1997)
Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft chief technology officer
Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within 10 years (1955)
Alex Lewyt, president of vacuum manufacturer Lewyt Corp.
lmost all of the many predictions now being made about 1996 hinge on the Internet's continuing exponential growth. But I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse (1995)
Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers (1955)
Thomas J. Watson
Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night (1946)
Darryl Zanuck, executive at 20th Century Fox
Two years from now, spam will be solved (2004)
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
