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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Now, as for the credibility of Holtzman's post, I remind you that it comes from someone that chose to buy a gearbox instead of building one. Not that their's anything wrong with that; it is a quite strategic decision. However, it does make for an interesting conversation point in the sense that I don't think buying a gearbox as opposed to building one provides anything to brag about. This is where our two teams differ. We have a drivetrain that is worthy of bragging about whereas I believe they do not.
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I'd really like to point out that this isn't a very credible way of arguing the point. After all, are we saying that ChiefDelphi had nothing to brag about when they first stuffed their robot full of DeWalts?
More to the point, Simbotics in 2003 and 2004 definitely had something to brag about, using those criteria—but should the fact that the rest of their 2005 drivetrain was innovative, succesful, and built and designed by the team be overshadowed by the fact that they bought AndyMark's products?
Sometimes, you have to defer to the convenience of the prebuilt system, and sometimes you need to do it yourself, in order to get the job done. You can't, however, categorically state that all prebuilt gearboxes are less notable than the team-built ones, after all, it's not hard be proud of an off-the-shelf part that works well, as opposed to a custom part which doesn't.