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* Because the Engineering Education department assumes students have a tablet PC, they mandate installation of Windows-only software. DyKnow, for example, is an invasive classroom presentation tool with spyware capabilities, enabling lecturers to remotely control students' computers.
===Proposed Alternativesalternatives===* USB Wacom External tablets which can be connected to any standard laptop are readily available for fairly cheap and fuction as well as onscreen tabletscost less than $100. Many studets prefer USB tablets because the keyboard can be used while writing* If tablets were made optional, students can could purchase the technology they find optimal for them, rather than be forced to use a certain platform.
==Signatures of students not happy with the tablet requirement==
*Lukas Lozovski*George Burgess* Matt Hazinski* Randy Nance* Ben Guzzardi* Darren Maczka* [[User:Timelord|Timelord]] ([[User talk:Timelord|talk]]) 12:05, 8 February 2013 (EST)* Eric Landgraf
==Other unhappy people==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090227184253/http://vt.freeculture.org/wiki/Killing_the_tablet_requirement Free Culture at VT]
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