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Originally Posted by GBK
In the real world if someone comes to you and says I need you to design something that will do X and if it can also do Y and you do not even attempt to do X but do Y very well, will you get the contract???
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Good analogy. The answer is YES, you will get part of the contract.
Think of it this way: The job is building houses. What goes into building a house? Obviously digging and building a foundation, framing, roofing, drywall, etc. Then there's also plumbing. A house wouldn't sell without plumbing.
Are all contractors great at all parts of building a house? Probably not. Many do all of the parts, are great at most, but not so efficient at others.
Enter people that specialize in plumbing. Plumbers at one point may have said, "I'd like to build houses" then realized that building an entire house is a bit over his/her head. So instead of learning all of the intricacies of building entire houses, he/she decide to become so good at plumbing that the jack of all trades builders can't compete in plumbing.
So, the majority of the contract will go to the house builder and perhaps a small part will go to the plumber. OR, the entire contract of the house building will go to the contract, and the contractor might subcontract the plumbing to someone that is better at it.
The point is, in order to build the best house, there are some small specialty parts that a general contractor is not as good at as a specialist. That's a lot like last year's game in which the teams that were great at the main part of the game weren't necessarily as good at the end game as the end game specialists, and the end game specialists decided they were best off building a great robot to do one thing well and demonstrate their worth in that area.