Re: Article: The shift away from user directed projects

["Charles E. Bortle, Jr." <cbrtjr@ix.netcom.com>]

Hello All,

Interesting quote Ted :-)  Reminds me of the quote about
how nobody would ever need more than 4k of memory
(I think that was Bill Gates, but I cannot remember...I need
more memory ;-)

Interesting article Myles.

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Ted Edwards <Ted_E@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> When making predictions of the future of computing, especially on a time
> frame greater than a few months, it is wise to consider a quote
> appearing in the sig of a young fellow learning to weld.
>
> "
> Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and
> weighs 30 tons, computers in the future by the year 2000 may have only
> 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1.5 tons
> "
> -- Popular Mechanics, March 1949
>
> Ted
>