>>> so does seem like i said in an earlier post, you're just not using all the features, so you're happy with the subset. which is totally fine, but why defend it to others who're having issues for stuff you don't use?
I guess because for one, it does not have a small user base. I've been to their facility in Chicago once, and when there, there is no way only a handful of people happy with the subset are using it.... not with that size of a facility, that many employees, and that many systems being assembled and heading out the door.
So, I defend it because it has for now close to 20 years run every dang machine I threw it on, and with an excellence that has filled my bill. I can not say that for many other controls that have come thru my life, including a LOT of OE controls. Plenty of them are absolute garbage for far more money than FC ! So, I will continue to defend it.
When someone says it does not work and don't use it, while thousands obviously are using it for something, it should be defended. Heck, even Mach is "defended"... I've never seen a squirllier control. Even mach 4 gets "defended", though to be hones, you do see cracks showing up in that world in the last year now. For some, the most "awesome control on the planet" suddenly no longer fills their bill I guess. It's all part of the evolution of controls.