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The significance of the first quote, is that in 1943, "computers" were people who did math by hand. His point was that 5 or 6 electronic computers could replace
by verall 5y ago
The significance of the first quote, is that in 1943, "computers" were people who did math by hand. His point was that 5 or 6 electronic computers could replace the whole world's market for "computers".
- graderjs 5y agoIs that right? Seems the common take is that this guy underestimated computers. Like the guy who cashed out his Apple investment for 800 (Ronald Wayne).
- hwayne 5y agoI started looking up the provenance of the quote, then stopped, because there's an entire wikipedia section on how it never happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson#Famous_attribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson#Famous_attrib...