This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. — Western Union, 1876
JP Rangaswami presents memorable comments where this or that was dismissed as unimportant. Are you SURE Twitter is pointless?
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“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
–- Western Union internal memo, 1876.
[see also J.D. Paul collection of stupid sayings.]