<div>That was 5 computers - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/21/computing.supercomputers">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/21/computing.supercomputers</a> </div><div> </div><div>It's like Gates saying "640K Ram should be enough for everyone"</div>
<div> </div><div>But yes why do they make such silly statements? And they're the ones in the forefront of computing (facepalm)</div><div> </div><div>-C<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Ian Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>I wouldn’t put a great deal of weight on IBM predictions. Some of their
best past predictions include that the world would only ever need 13 computers,
and that USA users would never use mobile phones for texting, information
services etc because this was a peculiar Japanese fetish that would never take
off in the west.</div>
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<div>I think the prediction of the end of the digital divide ranks with these
other two examples.</div>
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<div>Ian Peter</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" target="_blank">Fahd A. Batayneh</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:47 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">IG Caucus</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [governance] IBM Predicts the End of the Digital Divide in
5 Years</div></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/mobile/ibm-digital-divide-gahran/index.html" target="_blank">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/mobile/ibm-digital-divide-gahran/index.html</a><br><br>Interesting...<br>
<br>Fahd<br></div>
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