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Re: Results of "For the fun of it"

Subject: Re: Results of "For the fun of it"
From: Mark McDougall <markm@vl.com.au>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:19:06 +1000
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Michael Black wrote:

> I realize this isn't a real representation of who owns Apples now (or
> who owned them thirty years ago), but it strikes me as bizarre that
> it's stacked towards people who were about fifteen or under back then.

I'm smack in the largest group (40) and was 13 when we first got a
computer only because my father (who would be 70 now) was a 'computer
geek' and would definitely still be playing with them if he was around...

Perhaps that's why a lot of us were teens - our fathers were either
enthusiasts themselves or bought them for us?

Regards,

-- 
Mark McDougall, Engineer
Virtual Logic Pty Ltd, <http://www.vl.com.au>
21-25 King St, Rockdale, 2216
Ph: +612-9599-3255 Fax: +612-9599-3266

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