Posted by Toby A Inkster on 02/14/07 08:58

Martin Mandl - m2m tech support wrote:

> When that teacher was in school himself, he was told there would be no
> need for more than 3 computers on the whole world.

The oft-quoted statements was actually that there would only need to be
about *five* computers. The statement is generally attributed to Thomas J
Watson in the 1940s, though there is very little evidence he said anything
of the sort. Indeed, it would have been career suicide, given that he was
general sales manager of IBM at the time. (And later became president of
the company.)

Less well-known about Watson was that he was a Nazi collaborator and
was awarded the Eagle with Star medal from Hitler in 1937.
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
http://www.interlingua.fi/iedprefw.htm

This "honour" is markedly absent from his official biog on the IBM website:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/chairmen/chairmen_3.html

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