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From: Kerr-MuddJohn
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:54

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On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:32:33 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
wrote: 

> On 2017-12-14, luserdroog <mij...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, January 20, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Dan Strychalski
>> wrote: 
>>> John Riddoch <j...@scms.rgu.ac.uk> remarked --
>>> 
>>> > ZXCV are next to one another on _most_ keyboards; generally US/UK
>>> > ones (dunno the layouts of other locale keyboards).  In this
>>> > sense, BillG was playing to the largest market (US+UK probably use
>>> > > 50% of the world's computers).
>>> 
>>> Repeat after me: It started on the Mac. It started on the Mac. It
>>> started on the Mac....
>>> 
>>
>> *cough* Smalltalk Bravo Alto *cough*
> 
> *applause*
> 
> 

It's a slow audience. (flyby gmail user responds to ancient post, news at 
11)

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