Snopes on Ken Olsen

JimD jimmydevice at verizon.net
Wed Sep 22 00:58:51 CDT 2004


Michael Sokolov wrote:

>John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote:
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>>"In 1977, Ken Olsen, the founder and CEO of Digital Equipment 
>>Corporation, said, "There is no reason for any individual to 
>>have a computer in his home." 
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>2004 now and I still agree with that 100%.
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>MS
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There is no reason to own almost anything. A house, live in an apartment 
or under an
overpass or in a cave. A car, Ride public transportation,  bike or walk, 
Tv?  Books
and newspapers.  Lights? Remember fire? Food? get a stick and start 
digging..
A computer?
I think I'm dome.
Jim Davis.



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