Survey posted 2003-03-18 18:12 by Henrik.

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The first comment (at least it seems to be).

I don't think so. The clearest example is TI's non-free apps. About a year ago, they made all the TI-83 Plus applications free for a month. And recently, they made Transformation Graphing and Inequality Grpahing free for TI-83 Plus.
Among the TI community, I can't recall any non-free program/application besides the advanced license of Command Post. There are thousands of files on ticalc.org and they are all free. I have a site and create program, but I never thought of selling them.
You should make a totally unique program to be able to sell it. Otherwise, somebody else can create a free version of the same thing. Also, it's very easy to crack applications/programs on such a powerless and limited (when compared to computers, of course) platform.

Who wants to pay if there are ton of free programms to get on www.ticalc.org?! ^^

Yeah! Also, there's a very small base of people who would buy TI calculator software. HP has already captured most of the professional world, including NASA.

*NASA: if you look in the newspaper photos of the crew of any shuttle flight, you will most likely see a HP48*.

Here are some photos of the late columbia astronoughts (spelling)

http://holyjoe.net/hp/columb7.htm

You can a hp calc rotating in front of them.

Uh-huh. You don't even need an account to download programs (some people get scared off by that). And even better, ticalc.org doesn't do spam mail like a lot of other places. WOOHOO!

What's included in the advanced version of cmdpost?

isn't it just a "you can use this commerciay if you pay us" thing?

isn't it just a "you can use this commerciay if you pay us" thing?

2 things are included in the liscence:
1. The source code
2. The permission to use it to produce an app that you plan to sell. Note that it's theoretically possible to use CP to develop an app to sell, but that would be illegal and against the liscence.

Why do people always ask money for their programs? Just wondering...

>>Also, it's very easy to crack applications/programs on such a powerless and limited (when compared to computers, of course) platform


Actually there are some pretty strong encryption/signing techniques used in conjunction with hardware protection schemes to prevent the piracy of application.

I'm aware of those strong techniques, but you don't need to crack them to use paid applications for free. There are other methods.

IIRC there is an assembly game called asteroids in the TI-86 section. Its been there for years, and to get the full version, the author requests that you send him $1.

-Greg

I wonder how much money he got for it ;-) I don't see the point... it's not going to be a mass money-producing thing, and asking for money just scares people away.

And who would bother sending $1? Postage is $.37... Over 1/3 the price of what it's sending!

Third post :)

I think that ALL software (for any platform) should be free, especially TI Software. After all, software is only a set electric computer instructions stored on the platform itself. The only cost of any software should be the package and the CD or diskette, if applicable. After all, any good programmer can always create a free version of the same piece of software, so charging money for it is completely pointless. TI Software should be free because it is totally electronic and downloadable, and does not require any physical material per unit (except the computer, but it can be used over and over and over...). I sure am glad that Magnus doesn't charge us for software :)

deveopment. transfer. purchasing of equipment to make software. cost of feeding people who make software.

Um...development and transfer can be done online, which doesn't cost nearly as much as sending the software in a box.

well, programmers don't want to necessarily work for free, and computer software's usually copyrighted...

But wouldn't you like to get paid

That's what a job is for :) Writing programs on the side and asking for money usually doesn't work on models like TI-calculators. That's why I don't buy APPS from TI. I get the fr33 ones.

no, but if you're a computer programmer, you can make money, and people aren't as likely to make good free computer programs (or will at least put in advertisements)

I'd like to see 'any good programmer' creat a free version of Adobe Photoshop that is just as good.

I can't say that the GIMP is very good so far, or at least not under windows

Or Visual Basic.

Or MS Office

...and don't say open Office, 'cos that's not very good at all.

OpenOffice.org :p And I actually use it, but I agree, MS Office is better... But can you say FREE?