Why do so many people love Teas Instruments?



I had this guy on another forum, saying that the only reason most
students use Ti's is due to contracts that Texas Instruments had with
the schools. Such as the school would give away some free calculators
and supplies and by this the school would have to agree to recommend
only Ti calculators.

is this true, and if so is there any documentation backing it.

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