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Originally Posted by Phalanx
My own personal food for thought..
1) National Instruments makes and supports the CRIO and it's Modules.
2) National Instruments makes and supports LabView.
So when something doesn't work as it should or as designed then you only have ONE place to point a finger at to get it corrected.
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Good point, but I would add one more. In industry I often pick a vendor based on their degree of commitment I feel they have to the specific area where I may need support. National Instuments is a dedicated sponsor of FIRST, and as such seems willing to help provide good example code and utilities for many common FIRST capabilities. My team currently uses Java, and it is quite common for them to find incomplete example code or bugs where the Labview implimentation seemed more complete and stable. But, I have no complaints with this, because much of this code is developed and provided by volunteers.
As I said before, our team chose Java based on the skill set of the current mentors, and interests of the stubents. But, my personal opinion is that the Labview code often seems more robust and complete. Perhaps this in a distorted opinion based only on a small sample set. But National Instuments does seem to have some skin in the game as far as FIRST goes. And having a company that is willing to put technical resources behind making their products succsesful in a given area is a factor that should not be taken lightly.