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Did IBM Chairman Thomas Watson say I think there is a world market for maybe five computers
False
Attribution: Misquoted. The exact attribution is not supported by the supplied evidence. Multiple sources say no primary evidence has been found that Thomas Watson said this, and IBM-linked explanations trace the legend to a different 1953 remark by Thomas Watson Jr. about expecting orders for five IBM 701 machines. Because a related statement appears to have been transformed into this famous wording and attribution, the best label is Misquoted.
Accuracy: False. Taken literally, the claim is materially contradicted by supplied evidence: IBM expected five orders for one computer model in 1953 but actually got 18, and businesses were buying mainframes in large numbers soon after. Several sources also say the famous ‘five computers’ line is likely apocryphal or a distortion of that 1953 episode. The sources do not support an actual world market of only about five computers.