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Every major disruption was first dismissed as “a toy”

2 pointsby azurelogicabout 9 years ago

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dalkeabout 9 years ago
I found nothing meaningful in this post.<p>I know for a certainty that &quot;1995 — “Internet is a toy”&quot; deeply and seriously mischaracterizes the history.<p>Why should I believe that those other quotes (like, “GUI is a toy” for 1986) are real and characteristic of then-current beliefs? Why does it only show evidence for the incorrectness of the quote, and not evidence of who made the quote?<p>The transistor was a major disruption that was not, as far as I know, ever considered &quot;a toy&quot;. Nor was the integrated circuit. Nor was the blue LED.