Kasondra - Very early in the history of the personal computer, somewhere around 1982 or so. It's on a par with a number of scientific and technology predictions from experts who were left with egg from ear to ear. Thomas Watson, the genius of IBM who bet the entire company on a single throw of the dice when System 360 was developed once said that the world _might_ possibly have a total need for six or eight mainframe computers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:48 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: Newby questions Walt, When did Mr. Gates ever say that? Thanks. Kasondra Payne