[DM-MUG] Interesting note
pegleg
dmmug@dmmug.org
Mon, 04 Apr 2005 14:09:17 -0500
I enjoyed this so thought I would share it.
> This is a quote from a new digital newsletter from Roxio, recently
> bought out by Sonic Solutions:
>
> As a Mac user, you already know you "think different" from the Windoze
> majority. And you probably think you're pretty smart for doing so. But
> is there any actual proof that Mac owners are more intelligent? Paul
> Murphy did a verbal analysis of online discussion group postings for
> MacNewsWorld, and came up with some interesting statistics. Using
> standard "readability" gradings for text, you can measure how
> sophisticated it is in terms of vocabulary, grammar, usage and the
> like. Comparing grades for Mac, PC and Linux users, the Mac clique
> scored significantly higher on all counts, proving definitively that
> Mac users are smarter. After all, it's smart to use easy software!