Wired has a story today on the “The 15 Dumbest Apple Predictions Of All Time”.
Side note: of interest to me was this one:
Sony To Buy Apple
“Within the next two months, Sony will acquire Apple. … Sony will be the white knight who will step into the picture.” — former Apple VP Gaston Bastiaens, in January 1996.
I was working for Gaston at that time and remember him saying something to this effect. I treated his belief with a mixture of respect (given Gaston’s background) and some disbelief (“why the heck would Sony buy Apple?”). Whatever.
Alex Eckelberry
(Thanks Greg)