My Quotation Collection

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

The president of Digital Equipment, 1977:
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.

Unkown author, Popular Mechanics, March 1949:
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.

I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.

Supercomputers vs. clusters:
If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?