Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!anderson From: anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The Man in the Machine - Article Message-ID: <45805@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 19 Oct 90 02:14:13 GMT References: <16470@shlump.nac.dec.com> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 19 >Marci Peoples Halio, assistant director of the writing program at the >University of Delaware, has discovered a peculiar phenomenon. Freshman taking >her writing course who use Macs produce worse compositions than those who use >IBM PCs. Of course, the 12+ years of education that the students had before enrolling in Ms. Halio's class has nothing whatsoever to do with their ability to read and write. It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools. --clark ----------------------------------------------------------- Clark Anderson InterNet: anderson@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc AppleLink: C.ANDERSON BellNet: 408-974-4593 "I speak only for myself, much to my employer's relief..." -----------------------------------------------------------