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keyboard has been created since 1860an by Sholes and Dunsmore. Originally they were made sequentially in alphabetical order. However, gradually with increasing capabilities (custom) user, typing speed becomes faster when the mechanism of the engine while it is still simple. As a result, (line) of certain key into jams and hinder the work.
Based on their experience, finally drafted a keyboard that was made deliberately complicated and inefficient for the keyboard is not easy JAMMED. Typewriter design was then sold to the Remington to be mass produced in 1873. Structure is divided into four rows, the top line of "23456789 -" second line "QWE.TYIUOP", third line "XDFGHJKLM", and the bottom line "AX & CVBN?; R".
Over time, technology developed rapidly and the problems that often jammed keyboard button has been overcome with a better mechanical design. A number of alternative keyboard design also appeared on the market. One of the quite popular is the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) made by August Dvorak in 1936. The design is claimed to be a more efficient design, fast, and egronomis.
Unfortunately, people still refuse to turn away from the design of "QWERTY" although the design is not the best design. Although technology can solve the key problem of jamming, people stick with the design "QWERTY" design rather than other, more superior. Instead, the QWERTY instead crowned the international standard in 1966.
Is not nothing better than Windows? Of course not. But people need to think about it a few times before turning away from the standard. They have to face barriers such as cost factor, compatibility issues, the learning process, the time factor, and many more. As a result the number of those who are faithful to much larger than the apostate. This is what makes Windows or QWERTY became the standard - even though they are not the best.
In the scientific world, this phenomenon is explained as the concept of path dependency and network externality. In essence, innovation does not produce outcomes that out of the blue, but it is a development that could be predicted from a has-been. In addition, the value of innovation will be higher when it is used by more people. At a certain stage, these innovations will become the standard used by the public.