5 computers quote / was Re: The value of assembler..

[Brent Hilpert]

Fred Cisin wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> > > On 10 Feb 2010 at 16:40, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > >>    ...or was it TJ Watson of IBM?  I'm pretty sure that was his quote.
> > > It's often attributed to Watson, but the attributions are all from
> > > the 1980s.  There's no solid evidence that he ever said it.
> > I'm pretty sure it was David Sarnoff of RCA, but I don't have any
> > scholarly references to back that up.
> 
> Well, the quote was about FIVE computers.
> Could we attribute it to Watson, Olsen, and Sarnoff?
> Who were the other two?

I too have mostly heard it attributed to Watson, years ago I had the impression
it was Howard Aiken, though that may be just my mistake - don't have a reference.