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Re: Ruling on Robonauts Balance

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I'm saying that a competitive bid process is sometimes a bad thing—or at least not uniformly a good thing—and that for the reasons explained above, bidding is probably not a great analogy for the situation encountered in FRC.
sometimes a bad thing—or at least not uniformly a good thing - really?

One could make that statement about all matters involving one or more humans - it means nothing.

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On the other hand, it can mean that you acquire a reputation as a pushover, and get all the business you can manage, at a grossly inadequate rate.
That is not the net result. Performing for a grossly inadequate rate puts one out of business and/or likely not to make the same mistake again.

And in FIRST, the troll-bot teams will likely modify their risk assessment methodologies next year.

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Equity is inherently an ideal. In the real world, there's nothing wrong with approximating it to the degree possible. That's the essence of doing business in good faith.
Like I said - I wish that it did.
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