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Re: [FTC]: FVC (Vex) VS. FTC (Tetrix)
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Originally Posted by Foster
My biggest complaint is that people take catch phrases like "crappy plastic VEX gears" "much stronger metal" and make that into the single reason to change. One of the early posters pointed back to the original "Why we are changing FTC" blog entries and there were concepts bandied about in those entries that the Tetrix materials were significantly better than Vex. We've seen proof that's not the case, but people continue to natter on like it continues to be factual.
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JVN's major pet peeve in ALL aspects of his life:
If you repeat a lie enough times it starts to become the truth. Not enough people do their own factual comparisons but instead they just repeat generalizations not grounded in quantitative analysis.
-John
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In the interest of full disclosure: I work for VEX Robotics a subsidiary of Innovation First International (IFI) Crown Supplier & Proud Supporter of FIRST
Last edited by JVN : 17-09-2009 at 19:12.
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