[MarkJ]

I can't believe FIRST is even thinking of moving away form Vex. If Vex had been around a couple years earlier, I think my original school would still be in FIRST. I've been using and working with some Vex teams the last two years, and the students love it. It's pretty cheap, still challenging, doesn't need a machine shop, the school can do it with teachers and students without needing engineers, and they don't have to spend the year fundraising. If everyone seems to like it, and all the teams I talked to at the LA vex event december seem to really like it, why would FIRST switch. I don't get it. The school I work with already spent a lot of money on it, and the students get a lot out of it, so we won't be switching to something else - there's no reason to.
Plus, I'm much more excited about the wifi system Vex announced than the bluetooth system announced hear. I'd trust wifi over bluetooth any day. I don't get it, bad decision FIRST, just doesn't make sense.