alt Hacker NewsIt doesn't really need this much explanation.
People take these quotes out of context all the time. Said in a business context, there was no need, at that time, for someone to have a personal computer.
There's no business justification in 1977 for a personal computer department at a business. It's similar to the gates quote about RAM (I think it was 64KB?).
These statements aren't meant to be forever quotes. Their business plan quotes.
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glimshe • today at 4:00 PM
Or maybe he simply made a mistake. Big deal. This doesn't speak negatively of his other achievements.
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> It's similar to the gates quote about RAM (I think it was 64KB?)
640, and Bill Gates said he either never said that, or at least never remembered having said it. I think there is no evidence anywhere that he did.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/1563853/the-640k-quote...