[SamJose]

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." - Ken Olsen

I was there. I remember people saying it, but this f*cking site wants to downvote me into negative for remembering it, probably because they are thinking of business computers. Everyone was on board with that. I'm talking specifically of home computers.

[nybsjytm]

I wouldn't worry, I think what you're saying is pretty well known. We've all heard it before from every tech evangelist out there. Everyone knows that sometimes tech naysayers turn out to be wrong; the point is that it's pretty useless information.

[SamJose]

The AI naysayers will be similarly remembered was the point of my "useless information" post. I was surprised to be downvoted, probably because those doing it have an axe to grind and have poor reading comprehension skills. Surprising for Hacker News, but I've noticed every site is getting dumber at an alarming rate so why should Hacker News be the exception? If you're going to downvote me for disagreeing with me at least say why. It's in the HN guidelines

[rpdillon]

I can vouch for this. There was a lot of rhetoric about how a normal family wouldn't really need a computer in their home. This point was usually raised to support an argument that the personal computer market would be quite small.