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The great advance of personal computers was not the computing powe

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. – Kevin Kelly

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One of the biggest challenges we had in the first decade was not that many people had personal computers. There werent that many people to sell to, and it was hard to identify them. – Steve Case

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Computers must be male. As soon as you commit to one you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on. Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the day. – Author Unknown

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The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans. – David Smith

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Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think. – Dixie Carter

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