Open source sucks
It seems that a lot of people are scared of open source software. Especially some think reinventing the wheel is better than using and adjusting an open source product which already does the same thing. They think they loose flexibility and the most used argument: they have to commit it back to the open source world. Stop here for a moment!
Look around on your computer and in your company. How many open source tools are you using, that you take for granted, that you expect to do their job? None? You would be the first person, I guess. And then you are afraid of commiting your little script to the world and make it open source? Sorry, but that is just egostic. Ok, the business is egostic nowadays, but the real question is: Are you saving money?
If you sell your work to a customer, who is paying you for reinventing the wheel, even though there is exactly the same tool, or even a better tool available as open source, then you are making money, of course! Good job, may be your customer discovers that some time and says good bye, if not be happy and reinvent things. Must be a boring job :-).
I don’t feel like writing anymore about it, there are surely better articles exactly about this topic, find and read them I will go for my Döner now. Good night …