Back in 1980, our series III had a system failure and the old owner asked my
old boss what happened.
On hearing that the system had failed because it ran out of virtual memory....
"Buy more virtual memory".


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Lalley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 08:33
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Humor - Favorite Quotes was Any old HP computer
Pictures?


> Mike Church <[log in to unmask]> wrote:     To quote: "No one will
use e-mail; it is a waste of time; that is what the
> phone is for."
>
>
>
>   Mike gave me a idea... how bout a list of our favorite quotes.... I have a
few suggestions.
>
>
> After installing a new HP969/200,  The box was responsible for scheduling
and accounting for 60 plants and had over 300 users... the directors response
was...
>
>   "We will never need a box bigger than that."
>
>   **********************
>
>   I just bought my first home PC, it was a 486 66MHz wint 8mb memory and a
512MB hard drive (IIRC).  17 inch monitor.
>
>   The VP of the department response...
>
>   "Why does anyone need such a workhorse?"
>
>
>   *********************
>
>   I was off to install a Computer Telephony Integration server... the server
had T1 cards and basically was the Answering machine... read the DTMF (dial
tone) and intelligently transferred the calls based on caller ID and decisions
from the customer database via ODBC... what ever that DB would be.
>
>   The bosses response...
>
>   "Don't ya just push a button?"
>
>   -Craig
>
>
>
>
>
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