Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
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Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
Well, there is definately no worry about anyone turning HP here in NE
Indiana. My school district just changed to the "Integrated Math"
curriculum, and it is heavily TI based (specifically the 83, though the
85 is mentioned). Having a TI calc is even required now.
--James
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 06:40:17 -0800 Cassady Roop <croop@oregontrail.net>
writes:
>
>> Paranoid I am not. Cautious I am. TI is just waiting for ticalc,
>> ti-files, or dimension-ti to mess up. The second that such an error
>is
>> made, TI will begin the legal process. TI would love to shut down
>every
>> last major site and if we can defend our position and win, TI will
>leave us
>> alone, forever.
>
>
> I don't think that they are like some evil organization just
>biding
>their time before maliciously striking down all sites that have used
>or
>provide their ROM. Although they of course don't outwardly admit it,
>I
>don't think they mind THAT much as long as you don't turn around and
>start selling the ROM. After all, assembly programmers buy
>calculators. They don't want to alienate their customers. Maybe
>they
>are afraid that we'll all turn Hewlett-Packard...
>
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