Preamble

I’m a gadget hound and have been keenly interested in the idea of tablet pc’s since they launched way back in 2002. In fact, I worked the launch event in NYC running the automation system for the show. I also would love to incorporate touch-capability in our motor control software, but have been chronically fearful of the small-screen, under-powered tablets available.
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A couple months back I had the pleasure of visiting one of the schools that is using our motion control gear. Like many schools, they use our system as just one example in a pile of automation systems. Since I fancy myself a technophile first, and businessman second, I think it is an excellent idea to have multiple flavors of automation systems available to students to learn the differences and similarities of a wide variety of systems. The philosophy behind our products is to keep the costs low and the interface simple, but this comes at the expense of some advanced features and therefore our stuff lacks some of the really cool tricks of higher end systems. Higher end systems from the big boys eschew cost in the quest to bring complicated effects to big shows.
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