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0 pointsOJFord6y ago0 comments

There was a market for two, maybe three classical computers until they became smaller, cheaper, and more general purpose.

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I believe GP is referring to Thomas Watson's famous quote from the 1940s: "There is a world market for maybe five computers."

tome6y ago

That's the joke.

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