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Re: Electronic scouting using 7 laptops and a little mysql

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Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe View Post
No, but I can see where people might have an issue with teams using online databases to access data wherever they need it.
Why would having an online database for scouting cause an issue? The blue alliance, FRC Spyder, and the FIRST FMS event pages are essentially online databases.

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Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe View Post
However, I also see where the rule is a bit general and might not be intended to limit this type of scouting system.
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that this rule came about after teams actually leased phone lines for internet access at a competition many years ago. This rule has been in the manual since at least 2009 (when I started FRC), and probably didn't account for internet enabled smartphones.
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