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Re: Nearly Officially Official: cRIO Control System To Be Reused

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Originally Posted by Libby K View Post
I'm choosing not to state any opinion on this.
Why? Because I refuse to form an opinion before I know all the facts and I've heard them from FIRST.

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It's life. Get over it, and stop whining until you actually know there's something to whine about.
Coming from the background most of us have (some number of years--five in my case--of receiving a new IFI control system each season), I'd deem the announcement* of no plan to continue the practice of receiving a new control system something to at least grumble about. It's a change, and changes tend to induce grumbles/whining/outrage for better or worse.

*I'm considering a blog by the FRC Director linked to from usfirst.org with no disclaimer an official channel of communication from FIRST.

That said, Libby has a point--keeping an open mind is important. Greg raises the point that a controller transplant might not be as painful as we expect from our past experiences with the IFI system. The beta test teams may be able to expand on that, and I'm sure that FIRST is looking to make sure that switching doesn't involve an expletive-laden Saturday of work. We'll see in 106 days. In the meantime, I'm not sweating it. I'm sure everyone has plenty of other things to worry about as well.
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