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 Posted by Martin Mandl - m2m tech support on 02/14/07 14:10 
On Feb 14, 9:58 am, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@tobyinkster.co.uk> 
wrote: 
> 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.) 
 
Well, I quoted my teacher ;) 
 
But you see, what comes out when people think they have absolute 
knowledge ... 
 
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