- I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. (1987)
- We will never make a 32-bit operating system. (1989)
- Within five years, I predict it (Windows Tablet PC) will be the most popular form of PC sold in America. (2002)
- Spam will be a thing of the past in two years’ time. (2004)
8 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions About Computers & The Internet
by Tina Sieber
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-spectacularly-wrong-predictions-computers-internet/
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Use It Better: The Worst Tech Predictions of All Time
Plus, flawed forecasts about Apple’s certain demise and the poor prognostication skills of Bill Gates
by David Pogue
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pogue-all-time-worst-tech-predictions/
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I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time.
– Bill Gates, 1987
This quote originated from a foreword written by Bill Gates for the OS/2 Programmer’s Guide. OS/2 is an operating system created by IBM and Microsoft. It was later developed by IBM alone and supported until 2006.
Although it allegedly ran Windows programs better than Windows itself, calling OS/2 the most important program of all time certainly was a gross exaggeration.
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We will never make a 32-bit operating system.
– Bill Gates, 1989
No one knows why Bill Gates felt compelled to make such a statement, given the fact that an advance from 8-bit to 16-bit had just been made, and subsequent developments were only logical. Subsequently, ‘never’ must have come and gone as the 32-bit Windows NT 3.1 was launched only four years later, in 1993.
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Within five years, I predict it will be the most popular form of PC sold in America.
– Bill Gates, 2002
“It,” in this case, was the Windows Tablet PC, where you write with a stylus on the screen. Oh well.
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Spam will be a thing of the past in two years’ time.
– Bill Gates, 2004
Bill Gates made this statement at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The technology he suggested was the electronic equivalent of a stamp, payable only when an email is rejected. At the same event he also announced that Microsoft’s search technology would soon outpace Google. Soonish 7 years later and we’re still waiting for any of that to happen.
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