"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943 "Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943 "Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within ten years." Alex Lewyt, president of Lewyt vacuum company, 1955 "Two years from now, spam will be solved." Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, 2004