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Re:Ask HN: How common is NIH Syndrome in different Industries by LarryMade2 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:22PM (#18836358)
I myself am not fond of external dependencies, having had some projects merely obsoleted when the dependent resources that be decided to drop/revise their offerings.

A lot of businesses would be hesitant to have dependent outsourced critical technologies, especially if its their core service or product. Over the decades I heard of many failures, not due to the product, but the dependent technology either dropping out, changing api/usability, or highly inflating usage/licnese costs.

Here is a Joel piece on it: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-...

Re:Ask HN: How common is NIH Syndrome in different Industries by formatkaka on Sunday January 06, 2019 @07:13AM (#18837944)
Thanks for the blog reference!