in software developmenr the make or buy decision is a hard one… making stuff is sometimes really expensive… the implementation might be hard and needs a lot of time… buying stuff has its big downside… you cant change it… or changes are expensive… taking and changing open-source stuff is in my opinion not really a buy solution… it is actually easier to change stuff, but if a new release is created you are fucked by rechanging the stuff again and normaly you dont have time for it…
and actually i am a big fan of make… why? simple… i am a software developer… so making things is my daily work and buying means, i am unused…
but currently something changed… an other team in my company created a really cool framework and it contains a part i was really looking forward to make… so should i make or buy? normally: make… in this case: buy… so whats different… first its kinda open-source for me and every change i would make will be available in further versions… and on the other hand i know the creaters and requirements for my project might be implemented…