Nearly Officially Official: cRIO Control System To Be Reused

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

While NI (and every other FIRST sponsor) may like the goals of FIRST, they all stand to gain financially in the long run from success in FIRST - whether through more available engineers or through larger market share of their components. And that's most likely the only way they can justify spending millions of dollars in donations to their shareholders.

That's pretty much how I understand the mission of FIRST regarding developing partnerships with sponsors. It can be a win/win situation for the sponsors and the students whose futures are impacted by the sponsors. The students are also impacted by working with engineers who may be employed by FIRST sponsors or associated with them.

Jane