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T.I.'s lobbying department is about ten times as skilled as their engineering department. Schools don't embrace the TI-83 calculator because it's the best, most
by causi 4y ago
T.I.'s lobbying department is about ten times as skilled as their engineering department. Schools don't embrace the TI-83 calculator because it's the best, most economical tool for the job, they do it because they're legally obligated to. T.I. has built empires on peddling electronics with thousand-percent markups.
- AdamH12113 4y agoFormer TIer here. The calculator business is a tiny part of TI. Wikipedia says less than 3% of revenue; that seems high to me but I don't remember a specific number from my time there. I can assure you, though, that approximately all of TI's engineering and business efforts are directed towards semiconductors. You will note, for instance, that the words "calculator" and "education" do not even appear in their second quarter financial statement[1], while the words "analog" and "embedded processing" do. [1] https://investor.ti.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ti-reports-second-quarter-2022-financial-results-and-shareholder https://investor.ti.com/news-releases/news-release-details/t...
- xadhominemx 4y agoEducation is a tiny tiny part of TI revenue. It doesn’t matter at all