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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
I still think the same thing - if Microsoft is developing a controller system and it gets used in 2009, good. FIRST wants to hit the mainstream in a big way, teaming up with one of the biggest tech companies in the world seems like a great way to do it. I love it how everyone is freaking out that they're sponsoring a robotics regional now. This is a GOOD thing that FIRST has gained the interest of Microsoft. And with as much Microsoft hate as there is in FIRST, I don't foresee them having any sort of monopoly within FIRST anytime soon. Unless we use a system made by them in 2009, but then where were the people crying out about IFI?
I'm sick of the Microsoft hate here, this is a good thing regardless of how you try and spin it.
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Ryan,
Answer me this. Do you think that Microsoft the corporation wants anything less than for the MSRS product and its offspring to be a product used by every robot, every robot manufacturer, and every roboticist in the entire world?
If you do, buy some Microsoft stock, and then successfully sue them for a breach of their fiduciary duty.
It is their duty to attempt to dominate any market they attempt to enter. Asserting that Pavan's comment is motivated by "Microsoft hate" might be something of an insult. You should tread lightly there. An alternative interpretation of Pavan's statement is that Pavan does understand how businesses make profits, and that he thinks that Microsoft's entry into the robotics market is one of their significant business thrusts, not just a boutique, research endeavor.
If it is one of their important business thrusts, then I suggest that any organization that has robotics at the core of its existence would be foolish not to view how their own organization might be affected by the entry of an enormously large, influential and wealthy corporation like Microsoft, into that market.
You said you are "sick of the Microsoft hate here". If there is unfounded "hate", or even mild dislike, here, then I applaud your being sick of it. However, you didn't say that anyone in the discussion has made a false assertion or drawn a false conclusion from an assertion. Please point out where you see the holes in the thread's arguments, along with expressing your feelings, so that we can see if we agree or disagree with you.
Blake
PS: In reply to your question about "people crying out about IFI"; in this very thread the current FIRST FRC/FTC monopoly held by Intellitek/IFI was pointed out as an example of something to try to avoid. I did it in my PS here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...56&postcount=9