[JamesBrown]

I think that the potential of the cRIO has been seen. I am not sure that we have seen a real increase in the quality of software developed across the board. However I believe this could be expected, there is a learning curve when any new technology is introduced. WPI and NI spent a lot of time working on minimizing this curve however the build season was the first full scale release so a completely smooth transition could not be expected.

I believe that with off season training of programmers and some additional time to develop new libraries we will see the potential of these controllers unlocked in the next year or two. The best way to ensure that this happens is to release the code you are working on along with associated documentation. There is no reason for 200 programmers to write functions that do exactly the same thing. I understand that this is a competition but the time to develop secret code to give your team the edge is during build season. The rest of the year we should focus on raising the bar.

--James