“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons” – Popular Science, 1949

This sort of progress makes it dicey to predict the future

 “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home” – Ken Olsen, founder and President of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

 “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers” – Thomas J. Watson, founder and Chairman of IBM, 1943