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TI buys Omnimaga
« on: March 31, 2014, 08:10:08 pm »
At T^3 2014, we had a lot of opportunities to talk with Peter Balyta, new president of TI Education. As we reported to our last news, Balyta was very interested working with the community. Therefore, we are announcing today Texas Instruments will be buying Omnimaga.

We at Omnimaga have the community at heart and it will be a pleasure collaborating with TI to bring you the best programs for TI calculators.

More details later, but rest assured it's for the good of the community!
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2014, 12:05:46 am »
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 12:15:15 am »
Awesome, I have always wanted this partnership :) A revolutionary day indeed!

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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2014, 12:23:39 am »
you guys held out for the good deal offers, right? i thought we weren't going to be doing this unless they agreed to produce merchandise / upgrade the server / etc.

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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2014, 12:32:16 am »
So does Omni members now get TI calcs for half the price? :P

I'll still hug my HP Prime, though. :P (and to a lesser extent my 84+C)

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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2014, 12:49:13 am »
Yay ! Facebook buys Mojang, TI buys Omnimaga, ... That's a lot of awesome companies buying awesome program developpers around April ;)
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2014, 12:54:23 am »
you guys held out for the good deal offers, right? i thought we weren't going to be doing this unless they agreed to produce merchandise / upgrade the server / etc.
I guess they were very convincing...

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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2014, 01:10:15 am »
you guys held out for the good deal offers, right? i thought we weren't going to be doing this unless they agreed to produce merchandise / upgrade the server / etc.
Of course. Full time salary for all the admins too.
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2014, 01:19:14 am »
Yay ! Facebook buys Mojang, TI buys Omnimaga, ... That's a lot of awesome companies buying awesome program developpers around April ;)
I'm hoping that the new Facebook redesign is 10% fake. I actually like it better, but the fonts are a bit too large. :P

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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2014, 01:20:08 am »
Yay ! Facebook buys Mojang, TI buys Omnimaga, ... That's a lot of awesome companies buying awesome program developpers around April ;)
I'm hoping that the new Facebook redesign is 10% fake. I actually like it better, but the fonts are a bit too large. :P
The facebook redesign was out months ago for some people.
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2014, 01:35:07 am »
Yeah, seems the new layout don't go out for everyone at the same time... DJ got his about a week later than mine.

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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2014, 02:11:28 am »
How so? It might be a coincidence, but I'm pretty sure this is a legit message. Read the previous news, the new TI Education director is actually pretty positive about the community. I hope this new tightened partnership will result in a more open platform for the TI-Nspire and I congratulate all of omnimaga staff on achieving this new milestone. May 1-4-14 be written in gold in the history books!
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2014, 02:31:09 am »
I'm in full support of this partnership! They have committed to grow the TI community, and will be providing us graphing calculators as prizes for our future contests. Go TI! :D
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Re: TI buys Omnimaga
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2014, 04:05:28 am »
Pretty great news. From experience I can say that Balyta is a very nice person, so the future of Omnimaga is definitely guaranteed. I'm also happy about their decision not to filter Ndless talk :)