Упр.25 Unit 3 2020 ГДЗ Enjoy English 11 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Биболетова, Бабушис 11 класс, Дрофа: 25 Read the quotations and comment on them. What do they all have in common?
«But what… is it good for?»
Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip
«640K ought to be enough for anybody.»
Bill Gates, 1981
«This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.»
Western Union internal memo, 1876
I think there’s a world market for maybe five computers.»
Thomas Watsony the Chairman of IBM, 1943
«There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.»
Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
«The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. mo would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?»
David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s
Everything that can be invented has been invented.»
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899
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Ответ

All these quotations have one thing in common: they are wrong predictions. People who said them underestimated new inventions and technologies. In each case, they failed to see the future importance of something that later became very useful or even essential.

These quotes show that it is often difficult to predict how successful a new invention will be.