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misunderstruck at 10:32pm on 21/02/2006 under bassmike, computer literacy, dutch, internet
misunderstruck at 10:32pm on 21/02/2006 under bassmike, computer literacy, dutch, internetWell, it seems like it is Internet week on LJ...
Dutch found to be most computer literate in world
By Kevin J. O'Brien International Herald Tribune
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006
BERLIN Residents of the Netherlands, armed with a tax break for computer purchases and some of Europe's lowest broadband fees, lead the world in the use of personal computers and the Internet, according to a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts released Tuesday.
In a survey of habits in 17 nations, 82 percent of Dutch residents said they used a computer at least occasionally at home or at work, and 72 percent used the Internet. In Canada, the numbers were 79 percent and 71 percent, respectively, while they were 76 percent and 70 percent in the United States.
Experts attributed the Netherlands' heavy computer and Internet use to a Dutch tax break that effectively reduced the cost of buying personal computers by 40 percent. Under the program, which ran from 1997 through August 2004, Dutch workers could buy home PCs with pretax euros if the devices were also used for business. Employers deducted the purchase from pretax wages. The benefit could be claimed to buy a new computer every three years.
( Arno Bakker, a computer programmer who lives near Amsterdam... )
Dutch found to be most computer literate in world
By Kevin J. O'Brien International Herald Tribune
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006
BERLIN Residents of the Netherlands, armed with a tax break for computer purchases and some of Europe's lowest broadband fees, lead the world in the use of personal computers and the Internet, according to a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts released Tuesday.
In a survey of habits in 17 nations, 82 percent of Dutch residents said they used a computer at least occasionally at home or at work, and 72 percent used the Internet. In Canada, the numbers were 79 percent and 71 percent, respectively, while they were 76 percent and 70 percent in the United States.
Experts attributed the Netherlands' heavy computer and Internet use to a Dutch tax break that effectively reduced the cost of buying personal computers by 40 percent. Under the program, which ran from 1997 through August 2004, Dutch workers could buy home PCs with pretax euros if the devices were also used for business. Employers deducted the purchase from pretax wages. The benefit could be claimed to buy a new computer every three years.
( Arno Bakker, a computer programmer who lives near Amsterdam... )
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