HP & the educational market?

[Thomas Klemm]

(06-27-2022 02:51 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  Also, who could have guessed any of the current players (HP, TI, Sharp, Casio) would dare to maintain the same model at the same price for 10+ years, while literally every other product category had prices declining up to 10%/year while the products were improving.

It's very easy: You bribe teachers by giving them a textbook specific for your calculator for free and in return the students are forced to buy your overpriced calculator.
Maybe HP was focused more on the printer market at that time?

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