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Originally Posted by David55
I am not a big fan of this idea only because they are doing it for profit. They realized that without the FTC cooperation (and all the money involved) the vex platform will become obsolete. I wouldn't say that the promotion of science and technology is the first thing on their priority list.
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All businesses are in business to make a profit. Any business that is in business for any other reason quickly goes out of business.
That said, many times their business parallels good objectives, as IFIs Vex Science and Technology competitions seems to do here.
Just because a business makes a profit off of FIRST teams does not make them evil, nor does giving to FIRST teams make them saints. Understand the motivations of these corporations (follow the money) and you will tend to see that all of them (from AndyMark to IFI to Microsoft) that align their buisinesses with FIRST do so because it is both profitable and in their companies best (PR) interest to do so.