Thread: On Microsoft's Increased Sponsorship of FIRST // Was: Microsoft Regional
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Re: On Microsoft's Increased Sponsorship of FIRST // Was: Microsoft Regional
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Originally Posted by Pavan View Post
... I wanted to bring this up this up one final time since it is now set in stone. Also FIRST dropped IFI for VEX and they have announced a completely new system for the 2009 season. What's next, a 51+% chunk of pie in FIRST Sponsorship? Microsoft has begun its takeover of robotics. Thoughts? Concerns? Comments? Questions? ...
I love IFI as much as the next person, and I would hate more than anything to see it go, but honestly, I don't see anything wrong with one of the worlds largest companies coming in to sponsor FIRST. Everyone may hate Microsoft for this and that, but in the end, its still all good for FIRST.

The only bad thing about Microsoft coming in is that it leans more and more towards the theory that IFI is being replaced by MS, which is very unfortunate.
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