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On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Sean Kelly wrote:

> An entire profession's basis resting completely on the caps-lock key
> ... I shudder to think what'd happen if we broke their keyboards.  We
> might celebrate!  :-)

	better to ask why computer once had only uppercase.   this was 
not an engineering or ergonomics decision.   a management bozo decided this.

Jonathan M. Bresler        FreeBSD Postmaster         jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life 
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