I think the creators do legitimately want to build a truly open source calculator. The problem is getting the calculator registered for exams - the examiners naturally want to make sure that the calculator isn't being used for cheating. And any method to replace the firmware, add custom applications, etc. can and should be viewed as a way to cheat on exams. Personally, I'm hopefully never going to take another standa…
> I think the creators do legitimately want to build a truly open source calculator. Then making one that wasn't certified for exams is exactly what they should have done. As it stands, they're just another TI.
A competitor to TI - which has been able to sell 1992 technology for the same price for three decades - is definitely a good thing.