On: The need for quantum computers remains small

[wintorez]

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943

[rbanffy → wintorez]

I came here to say precisely that. We don’t know yet what they could be useful for because we don’t have a single one that’s as capable as conventional computers were in 1943.

[rbanffy → wintorez]

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”

Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

[rbanffy → wintorez]

“Apple is already dead.”

Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft CTO, 1997