Software distribution was hard and expensive in 1994. They wanted it to be installed at the factory, to ensure maximum reach, which wouldn't have been possible

Software distribution was hard and expensive in 1994. They wanted it to be installed at the factory, to ensure maximum reach, which wouldn't have been possible with open source: > "We were doing it to help kids learn math. Public schools are too poor to buy software, so the most effective way to deliver it is to install it at the factory."