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EFF warns Texas Instruments to stop harassing calculator hobbyists

3 points| bootload | 16 years ago |eff.org | reply

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[+] DanielStraight|16 years ago|reply
The real question is why they care. Won't this just make people who might not have before want to buy a TI calculator?
[+] pasbesoin|16 years ago|reply
Someone commented the other week that this could cause the revocation of certain models... 'approval/certification' for use in specifically defined settings, particularly in formal testing (ACT?, SAT? -- I don't recall) and therefore in classes that work towards that testing. That person made the point that this might have significant implications for future marketshare.

P.S. Not that I'm a fan of the DRM involved.

[+] Steve_Baker|16 years ago|reply
Why buy the more expensive calculator with feature X when you can add that feature to your cheaper device with a software upgrade? I imagine some of the difference between models might be mostly software.