Comments on: CyberNotes: Best Bill Gates Quotes and Interviews http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-best-bill-gates-quotes-and-interviews/ Technology News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:18:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael Dobrofsky http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-best-bill-gates-quotes-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-135226 Michael Dobrofsky Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:11:10 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11827#comment-135226 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135205" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>Great quotes Ashley! He might have predicted some things incorrectly, but I think he’s still quite a visionary with a good attitude (though perhaps a bit clouded nowadays, due to MS’ size and succes). <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135167" rel="nofollow">Michael Dobrofsky wrote:</a><blockquote>“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.”[Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981]</blockquote></div> He didn’t actually say that; it’s an urban legend (http://tafkac.org/celebrities/bill.gates/gates_memory.html + <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/did-bill-gates-really-say-that/" rel="nofollow">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/.....-say-that/</a>). There is no proof anywhere that he said that.</blockquote></div> Hadn't heard about the urban legend claim...interesting. It does sound like something Gates would've said...but yeah, could be an UL. Change wrote:
Great quotes Ashley! He might have predicted some things incorrectly, but I think he’s still quite a visionary with a good attitude (though perhaps a bit clouded nowadays, due to MS’ size and succes).

Michael Dobrofsky wrote:
“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.”[Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981]

He didn’t actually say that; it’s an urban legend ([tafkac.org] + [bits.blogs.nytimes.com]). There is no proof anywhere that he said that.

Hadn’t heard about the urban legend claim…interesting. It does sound like something Gates would’ve said…but yeah, could be an UL.

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-best-bill-gates-quotes-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-135205 Change Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:29:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11827#comment-135205 Great quotes Ashley! He might have predicted some things incorrectly, but I think he's still quite a visionary with a good attitude (though perhaps a bit clouded nowadays, due to MS' size and succes). <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135167">Michael Dobrofsky wrote:</a><blockquote>“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.”[Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981]</blockquote></div> He didn't actually say that; it's an urban legend (http://tafkac.org/celebrities/bill.gates/gates_memory.html + http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/did-bill-gates-really-say-that/). There is no proof anywhere that he said that. Great quotes Ashley! He might have predicted some things incorrectly, but I think he’s still quite a visionary with a good attitude (though perhaps a bit clouded nowadays, due to MS’ size and succes).

Michael Dobrofsky wrote:
“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.”[Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981]

He didn’t actually say that; it’s an urban legend ([tafkac.org] + [bits.blogs.nytimes.com]). There is no proof anywhere that he said that.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-best-bill-gates-quotes-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-135193 Ryan Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:15:37 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11827#comment-135193 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135167" rel="nofollow">Michael Dobrofsky wrote:</a><blockquote>“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.” [Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981]</blockquote></div> And I still don't understand why we need 640K of memory. That's more than enough for Vista. ;) Michael Dobrofsky wrote:
“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
[Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981]

And I still don’t understand why we need 640K of memory. That’s more than enough for Vista. ;)

]]> By: anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-best-bill-gates-quotes-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-135186 anonymous Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:01:10 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11827#comment-135186 GLOAM => Google, Linux, Open source, Apple and Mozilla all nipping at Microsoft's heels..it'll be finished in some decades. GLOAM => Google, Linux, Open source, Apple and Mozilla all nipping at Microsoft’s heels..it’ll be finished in some decades.

]]> By: Michael Dobrofsky http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-best-bill-gates-quotes-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-135167 Michael Dobrofsky Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:01:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11827#comment-135167 "No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.” [Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981] “No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
[Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981]

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