09-11-2015, 12:59
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,939
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Re: Questions: Scouting App or Other Scouting System
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Originally Posted by logank013
So a constant I am seeing is that pretty much any team uses an android app.. Is there any reason to not consider a windows based program? All the programming I've done is for Windows so that is why I am wondering.
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I think the motivation comes from wanting to use the computers people already have and are willing to upgrade/maintain on their own (their phones), instead of computers the team would need to supply and maintain (non-phone Windows computers).
Plus, phones/tablets (mobile devices) are fashionable. 
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