Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s

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From: hanc...
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:22

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On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 6:25:49 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
> On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 3:03:35 PM UTC-6, JimP wrote:
> > We
> > decided that no home computyer would ever have a CPU that ran at 1 GHz
> > or better, nor have a gigabyte of ram. 
> 
> > We were wrong.
> 
> Ah, well.
> 
> I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
> - Attributed to Thomas J. Watson (Sr.), but likely spurious

I've tried to research that, but never could find any source
of that quote, so I doubt it is true.  Watson Sr did support
the construction of the 701 as a general purpose computer
to be sold to anyone, as opposed to a special-purpose computer
for a unique user (as many were in those days).

> There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
> - Kenneth H. Olsen, founder of the Digital Equipment Corporation

I don't know (if) or when that was said, but by the early 1960s,
home computers (actually a terminal connected to a super mainframe)
were definitely a hot topic.

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