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Date:      Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:34:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Cc:        Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>, softweyr@xmission.com, peter@grendel.iaehv.nl, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft the GUI King (was Re: ATT Unix for Windows)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901113012.307N-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199709011547.KAA00888@dyson.iquest.net>

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On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, John S. Dyson wrote:

> If God would have meant for us to use a mouse, he would have
> given us three hands :-). 

No, God doesn't really enter into the picture.  Douglas
Engelbart, who invented the mouse, intended for it to be used in
conjunction with a one handed keyboard.  In that configuration it
proved to be a very effective input device, but with a pretty
steep learning curve for people familiar with the old two handed
keyboard.

-john




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