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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
The above quote does not take into account that the beta testers had 6 weeks of familiarity with the cRIO and thus did not have to learn the basics from scratch just before build season. Remember: many rookie teams may not know where the FIRST forums are ... nevermind CD.
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Not to be elitist or anything, but if the rookies haven't been looking for help and for the resources commonly available to all teams, why should anyone be surprised when they have issues or are at a disadvantage? Yes we had an advantage over those teams, but so did you.
What I'm trying to say is, given the nature of who is picked to be beta testing, a team beta testing is not much better off knowledge wise than if the same team did not beta test. Teams like 67 / 1114 would definitely do everything they could to learn about what the beta teams are doing.
Regardless of CD or FIRST Forum use, all beta test teams held seminars and Q&As in the real world.
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By your own admission, the beta testers were very skilled. By contrast, many of the teams that needed extra time with the cRIO (rookies, small teams, teams without software mentors) were not afforded the time.
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The purpose of the beta test program is not entirely "to familiarize a team with an early version of the new control system that is not identical to the final version". We had work to do. Would the same teams that do not use Chief Delphi be able to help give back to FIRST as effectively?