Summary made at the CFD User Conference in Tokyo, 1995.
with an extra line added for the future.
| Decade | Slogan | What was happening |
| 1960s | We think we can | Imperial College research |
| 1970s | We can! * | First applications |
| 1980s | You can too | Start of code-vending industry |
| 1990s | Everyone can | Commercial over-sell |
| 2000s | Everyone will | Web-based services |
* proving Virgil's point: Possunt quia possunt videntur.
i.e. They can because they think that they can.