When you say that after World War I there was a pandemic that killed more people than the war itself, most will say: "Wait, are you kidding? I know World War I, but there was no World War 1.5, was there?" But people were traveling around after the war, and that meant the force of infection was much higher. And the problem is that the rate of travel back then was dramatically less than what we have nowadays.

Who in their right mind would ever need more than 640k of ram!?

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.

Customers want high quality at low prices and they want it now.

There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.