Or something a bit more stable, that people don't laugh at as much? $$$?
People laughin is a good sign.
1. Steve Ballmer on the iPhone's failure
"[Apple's iPhone] is the most expensive phone in the world and it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard which makes it not a very good e-mail machine…"
2. Business Week on the failure of Japanese cars in the U.S.
"With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market."
3. Decca Records on the future of The Beatles
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out," said Decca Records about The Beatles in 1962.
4. One publisher's take on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter
"Children just aren’t interested in witches and wizards anymore," an anonymous publishing executive told J.K. Rowling in 1996.
5. IBM on the need for photocopiers
"The world potential market for copying machines is 5,000, at most," said IBM to Xerox in 1959.
6. Movie producer Darryl Zanuck on the future of television
"Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night,” said Zanuck to 20th Century Fox in 1946.
7. American engineer Ken Olson on the need for the personal computer
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home," said Olson, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp., in 1977
8. A Yale University professor on the demand for overnight parcel delivery
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible."
Ad fucking infinitum.
