The Myth of QWERTY

Eric Hillman writes "I've been telling people for years that the Dvorak keyboard is mostly hype. Contrary to popular belief, and unlike certain "standards" I could name, the QWERTY keyboard won its market share fair and square. Now, that bastion of (mostly) unbiased reporting, The Economist, has come to my side of the fray. " I've been telling people forever that that tale is urban legend, glad to see I'm not the only one.

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[MoNickels]

These two articles give far more details, and, I think, provide a convincing case that the evidence in favor of Dvorak is "cooked." "Should technology choice be a concern of antitrust policy?" and more specifically related to QWERTY vs.Dvorak, "TYPING ERRORS: The standard typewriter keyboard is Exhibit A in the hottest new case against markets. But the evidence has been cooked."