You could apply dlaverly's logic to any aspect of the FIRST competition (and life for that matter). We constantly make decisions based on imperfect knowledge of the future, we do the best with what we have.
I know we bought a second cRIO for basically the same reason barkersocal did. And assuming that it would have legit uses in the future.
dlaverly's posts does add some FUD to choice of making the purchase, mostly due to the "why is he saying this now" aspect, but I'm still comfortable with the decision made several months ago, and would still make the same decision (to buy a second complete control system) at this time.
When I first saw dlaverly's post yesterday, my first thought was "this is going to make for some interesting discussion and head scratching"
