Re: A89: Re: Simple Solutiony
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Re: A89: Re: Simple Solutiony
he said _has_ games. im the only one in my school with a link cable, but
100% of those with graphig calculators have games on em. (i wouldnt say 90%
of the students have graphing calculators... )
--kaus
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From: Bryan E Rabeler <rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: A89: Re: Simple Solutiony
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bryan E Rabeler <rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu>
> > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 5:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: A89: Re: Simple Solution
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> > > Also note that a vast majority of TI's customers are schools,
teachers,
> > > students who don't play games and just use it for math class, etc. Us
> > > programmers and TI fans who play games make up a relatively small
> > percentage of
> > > TI's customers. If you look at this from a purely business
standpoint,
> > they
> > > can do this and get away with it, because *most* of their customers
don't
> > care
> > > and don't know the difference.
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > >
> >
> > Have you walked through a high school recently? At least 90% of the
people
> > with ANY graphing calculator has games or knows how to get them. And you
> > can't tell me that calcs would be nearly as popular without games. Yeah,
> > while the calcs would still sell and TI would make money without games,
it's
> > not nearly as much as if they'd, at the least, leave us be.
> >
> > I don't know... I'm tired of guessing. Anyone know a way we can demand
the
> > official position of TI on the whole game issue and find out what the
hell
> > they're up to?!
> >
> > -Zero
> >
> >
> What?? 90% of all high school students know how to get games on their
graphing
> calculator? I think not. What percentage do you think actually own link
> cables? Probably 5-10% max. It's not a matter of popularity. With TI,
they
> have a lock on the market, at least right now, because teachers require
TI's in
> their classroom. And obviously, teachers do not care about games or
> grayscale.
>
> I really don't know what TI is trying to do here, maybe they are trying to
take
> a gamble at this. They think since they have a near-lock on this market,
they
> can lock us game/grayscale programmers out and it won't matter in the long
run.
> They just might be wrong.
>
> Good luck at getting any official position out of TI. It won't happen.
They
> have to stay on the teachers' good side.
>
> Bryan
>
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