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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder!ucsu!tramp.Colorado.EDU!brandy
  3. From: brandy@tramp.Colorado.EDU (BRANDAUER CARL M)
  4. Subject: Re: Dvorak vs QWERTY (-: (was DVORAK Keyboard driver)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul21.154241.21451@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
  6. Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: tramp.colorado.edu
  8. Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
  9. References: <1992Jul17.015836.8728@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au> <1992Jul21.025940.25368@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au>
  10. Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:42:41 GMT
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  12.  
  13. While the Dvorak keyboard may have led to improved typing speed with
  14. the mechanical devices available at the time Dvorak did his original
  15. work, the human factors literature abounds with papers that show that
  16. there is no difference in performance for highly trained people using
  17. more modern equipment.
  18.  
  19. Of course none of this matters to those who hold their version of the
  20. truth to be self-evident and sacred.
  21.