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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977 Just needs more time...
by mattnumbe 10y ago
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
Just needs more time...
- andars 10y agoYou could use this same quote for anything. "This revolutionary new toaster that prints memes/tweets on your toast in the morning will soon be found in every household" "That's stupid, no it won't" "Well, Ken Olsen said 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home' so this toaster is gonna really take off'" Many (most?) ideas fail. I'm not convinced that the fact that Ken Olsen failed to anticipate the PC revolution has any bearing on VR's success. Yes, sometimes people fail to predict success, but just as often people succeed in predicting failure.