APPLE SAUCE

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devoted to "Bits of Bytes", small items
which would be of interest to us all.
Contributions will be more than welcome
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      Home Computer Ownership

The Electronic Industries Association
estimates that 17.6 million homes have
computers as of last January.  This
means that approximately 8.2% of all
households own a home computer.
Ownership is most likely in those
households which have incomes of
$30,000 or more (23%).  Households
which have incomes of less that $10,000
are the least likely to own a computer
(1.7%).

People aged 34 to 44 are the most
likely to own computers.  These adults
having children are three times more
likely to have a computer than those
who are childless.  Of the adults in
computer households, only a little more
than half (53%) say they use their
computers.  By gender, 63% of the men
use their computers while 48% of the
women use theirs.

Adults in the West and North are the
most likely to own a home computer
(10%).  More adults in the West,
however, are likely to use their
computers (58% in the West vs 50% in
the Northeast).  The rate of ownership
is 9% in the Midwest with about 55%
using them.  The rate of ownership is
least in the South at little less than
8% of all adult households with about
52% saying they use their computers.

In addition, there are presently 15.8
million small-business computers in
use. There are also 3.2 million
computers used in schools and 1.3
million computers are used in
scientific research.

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   How To Produce a New Program

From Atlanta Area Apple Users Group


1. First take orders
2. Then take more orders
3. Design the program
4. Hire a staff to make the program
5. Get a publisher
6. Buy ads
7. In the ads, you say "It's here!"

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   MURPHY'S LAW ON COMPUTING
     (From NEO APPLE BITS)

* He who hesitates is probably smart.
* To err is human .. to blame your
  computer for your mistakes is even
  more human.
* He who laughs last probably made a 
  back-up.
* The first place to look for information
  is the section of the manual you least
  expect to find it.
* The person who says that something 
  can't be done should never interrupt
  the person who is doing it.
* Experience is something you don't get
  until just after you needed it most.
* Confidence is the feeling you get just
  before you understand the problem.
* No matter what goes wrong with your 
  carefully planned database system,
  there is always someone who says they
  knew it would.
* When you're asked if you need help to
  understand a computer program, say 
  "No", then negotiate.
* The number one cause of computer 
  problems is computer solutions.
* A complex system that doesn't work is 
  invariably found to have evolved from
  a simple system that worked well.
 

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