1983: We will never make a 32-bit operating system.
1984: The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC.
1987: I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time.
1993: The Internet? We are not interested in it.
1996: 640K ought to be enough for anybody
I’ve said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time… I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough.
1998: Microsoft looks at new ideas, they don’t evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, ‘how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?