[Info-vax] Fwd: Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Wed Oct 12 13:39:44 EDT 2011
On 10/12/2011 2:24 AM, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply schrieb:
>> In article <paul.nospam-FDF4DC.15043611102011 at pbook.sture.ch>, Paul
>> Sture <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>>
>>>>> Did The Wail mention the price of Olsen's house? :-)
>>>>
>>>> Did it mention that it didn't have a computer in it? :-)
>>>
>>> Not exactly. They included his 1977 prediction 'that there is no
>>> reason for any individual to have a computer in their home'.
>>
>>
>> This is famous, but usually taken out of context. He wasn't referring
>> to what most people think of when they read that, but rather to
>> computer-controlled curtains, doors etc.
>
> Nevertheless he was wrong, I know of people who
> have a PDP in their home.
>
>
I have three PCs, three Alphas, a VAX, two SPARC Workstations. . . .
Then there's the Palm and two smart-phones. And I may have forgotten
one or two. . . .
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