quotes about innovation

“Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.”
(Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895)

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“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
(Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943)

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“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.”
(Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977)

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“The telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
(Western Union internal memo, 1876)

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“Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.”

(Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French commander of Allied forces during the closing months of World War I, 1918)

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“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
(Charles H. Duell, commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899)

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  1. Quotes about innovation

    Swissmiss has published a list of funny quotes about innovation.
    Id like to add one of my favorite quotes to the list though:
    – Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?, H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
    Quotes about innovatio…

  2. I’m afraid to say, I totally agree with this:

    “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.”
    (Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977)

  3. Oh, Please!
    Talk about not learning from history :-O

  4. …in fact this is already happening…

    Remote storage, blade technology, virtualisation… = utility.

    Get with the programme Proteus…

  5. There we gooooo!