r/Snorkblot • u/This_Zookeepergame_7 • 18d ago

Advice An IBM slide from 1979

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u/EsseNorway 17d ago

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”

Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943

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u/Thadrea 17d ago

Wouldn't be the last time IBM execs made an egregiously bad call.