What’s the story behind QWERTY keyboard layout?

Ever wondered why we’re using such a strange computer keyboard layout as the common QWERTY?

Commodore Plus/4 (1984)

Look at this CNN Money video to get some clue:

More info on QWERTY here on Wikipedia; look here for more detailed info on QWERTY vs. Dvorak or any other fancy layout and a pretty interesting article on “Path dependence” – even on QWERTY keyboards.

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