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From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To: "John S. Dyson" <toor@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