Comment it's just more familiar (Score 1) 449
When I was in high school, my math teacher told us all to get TI-83's because he wouldn't be able to help us perform certain functions on our calculators if we had a different one.
I got a TI-86 for programming purposes and, as it turned out, our teacher didn't know how to use a TI-83 either so everybody turned to me for help. I didn't own a TI-83 so I couldn't help them, so it ended up I was the only one able to do certain problems in the class:P
Open Office versus MS Office is similar. A lot more people out there use MS Office (myself included) versus Open Office. When my friends ask me a question over the phone about Excel, I can guide them through the steps without even looking at their or my own computer. If they were to use Open Office I would tell them I had no idea how to use it.
One of the benefits of a semi-monopoly over a certain software area. Community support systems.
I got a TI-86 for programming purposes and, as it turned out, our teacher didn't know how to use a TI-83 either so everybody turned to me for help. I didn't own a TI-83 so I couldn't help them, so it ended up I was the only one able to do certain problems in the class:P
Open Office versus MS Office is similar. A lot more people out there use MS Office (myself included) versus Open Office. When my friends ask me a question over the phone about Excel, I can guide them through the steps without even looking at their or my own computer. If they were to use Open Office I would tell them I had no idea how to use it.
One of the benefits of a semi-monopoly over a certain software area. Community support systems.
