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From: swsh@ellis.uchicago.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Us Mac Yoosers R Stoopid
Keywords: Mac Bashing
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Date: 5 Feb 91 20:35:28 GMT
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The "study" mentioned in the quoted article created a nice little
flame-fest here on the net when it originally appeared in Academic
Computing several months ago (or more--I think it was last spring).  I
don't remember precisely which groups discussed it, but I think
comp.edu was one of them.  The emerging consensus on the net at the
time was that the "study" was totally uncontrolled, totally anecdotal,
and totally useless for drawing conclusions from.

Let's not let the fact that Reid and Hume are just now getting around
to reading back issues of Academic Computing force us into another
round on this question.  Please.

At the very least, before y'all post your theories about "Why Johnny
Mac-User Can't Spell", please go find a copy of Academic Computing and
read the original article.  And then sleep on it.  And then post.

Let me also note that Reid and Hume write a regular (weekly?)
widely-syndicated column on personal computers that appears in many
city newspapers.  I've given up reading it because I've rarely found
anything of interest in it.

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Janet Swisher			Internet: swsh@midway.uchicago.edu	
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