Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't think vertigo was hating. Unlike many of the others who have crawled out from under their rocks gleefully (or spitefully in sour grapes) talking down the SP eg. buda, I think he was just expressing a healthy skepticism.
However, I would like to counterbalance with a few quotes (of no doubt good intentions):
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
"Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night." Darryl Zanuck, executive at 20th Century Fox, 1946
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943
“640K of memory should be enough for anybody.”
popularly attributed to Bill Gates, former CEO/Chairman of Microsoft. He strenuously denies this. However, he DID undeniably say the following:
"Two years from now, spam will be solved"2004, World Economic Forum
