Re: LZ: Re: I feel sorry for them
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First of all, TI did not create ZShell, so they have no right to advertise
it until the authors give them the right to. Secondly, by promoting
ZShell, they are promoting the use of the calculator as a game machine,
which is what most teachers who know about ZShell think about it, even if
it is not true. This will lend a greater dent to its name than a
promotion.
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-= Zenon@bbs.nexes.com =-
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: From: list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org
: To: Zenon
: Subject: Re: LZ: Re: I feel sorry for them
: Date: October 10, 1996 6:23 PM
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: Will Stokes (3D Diamond productions / Global Games) wrote:
: >
: > wstokes@vertex.ucls.uchicago.edu
: >
http://www.uic.edu/~hhstokes/index.html
: > Will Stokes
: > TI has already somewhat acknowledged zshell (well ticalc.org) that is
: > providing a link to ticalc.org on their page and saying ticalc.org is a
: > very very good place to go for ti-8x stuff. I must admit, they arn't
wrong
: > about it but nothing has realy been done to support zshell by ti, kinda
: > strange. Wouldn't it be interesting if ti decided to come out with
their
: > own assembly shell and provided thier own add on strings (a few) for
some
: > basic math progs. that coudl be helpful. If would be a deffinite
feature
: > to the calc.
:
: **********
:
: I do find it strange to think that TI knowingly decided to not advertise
: ZShell when it could greatly affect students decisions between TI and
: other calculators. It's deffinate that all companies are out for
: money, no matter what the cercomstances. They may use the explanation
: that the TI calculator is to be used strictly as a calulator, or that
: ZShell is not official, but why do they fight ZShell so much? You
: almost wonder if they've got something up there sleave. I mean, do you
: think that TI would have designed the TI-85 with a back door by
: accedent? Or were they planning on using that until someone discovered
: it. I don't know. They could be selling many many more calculators
: than before if they integrated ZShell. By the way, putting up posters
: doesn't solve much of a problem if all the teachers are against the
: TI-85. It would only make you look like a geek.
:
: Eric Barker
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