Catastrophic Collapse of the Internet and other Premature Predictions
September 6th, 2001
You gotta enjoy the quotes on search engine optimization firm TranscenDigital’s Web site:
“There’s no reason for individuals to have a computer in their home.”
-Ken Olson, 1977
“The Internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996.”
-Robert Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet)
“The telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.”
-Western Union executive, 1876
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