Comments on: Not Invented Here Syndrome http://www.databasesandlife.com/not-invented-here-syndrome/ Adrian Smith's blog Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anjali http://www.databasesandlife.com/not-invented-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 Anjali Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:36:14 +0000 http://www.databasesandlife.com/?p=311#comment-1608 I stumbled upon your page while googling for this timeout problem. I totally like the way how you have put complex stuff in simple language. Thanks for the info. Now lemme go and try this out. I stumbled upon your page while googling for this timeout problem. I totally like the way how you have put complex stuff in simple language. Thanks for the info. Now lemme go and try this out.

]]> By: Flo Ledermann http://www.databasesandlife.com/not-invented-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Flo Ledermann Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:26:46 +0000 http://www.databasesandlife.com/?p=311#comment-929 Reading blogs after a long time of absence again, and I have to say yours is one of the few worth reading :). I suffer heavily from NIH syndrom too, and I feel it is closely connected to our discussion about excellency in programming. I completely go with Spolsky's argument: "When you're working on a really, really good team with great programmers, everybody else's code, frankly, is bug-infested garbage" and working on such teams is our ultimate goal, right? In the Java world I currently see a serious lack of NIH attitude with respect to the hegemony of Spring/Hibernate based bloated solutions for often rather trivial applications -- I have the strong opinion that in most cases people would be much better off to write their own, proprietary but highly customized tools for persistence and configuration than to spend the time learning and fixing bugs in other people's creations. But that needs decent programmers with knowledge about how all this stuff <em>really</em> works and those are rare. So that's the reason consultants argue against "NIH syndrome" because it's a safe bet, and that's what they always go for to save their jobs ;) . Reading blogs after a long time of absence again, and I have to say yours is one of the few worth reading :). I suffer heavily from NIH syndrom too, and I feel it is closely connected to our discussion about excellency in programming. I completely go with Spolsky’s argument: “When you’re working on a really, really good team with great programmers, everybody else’s code, frankly, is bug-infested garbage” and working on such teams is our ultimate goal, right?
In the Java world I currently see a serious lack of NIH attitude with respect to the hegemony of Spring/Hibernate based bloated solutions for often rather trivial applications — I have the strong opinion that in most cases people would be much better off to write their own, proprietary but highly customized tools for persistence and configuration than to spend the time learning and fixing bugs in other people’s creations. But that needs decent programmers with knowledge about how all this stuff really works and those are rare. So that’s the reason consultants argue against “NIH syndrome” because it’s a safe bet, and that’s what they always go for to save their jobs ;) .

]]> By: adrian http://www.databasesandlife.com/not-invented-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-800 adrian Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:02:34 +0000 http://www.databasesandlife.com/?p=311#comment-800 @Helge : I'm not sure really what your comment means. The point I was making was that most of these side-projects (e.g. creation of a version control "git" system to support Linux kernel development in 2005) probably were really not necessary. (But I didn't intend this article to be an in-depth discussion of these projects. For sure there are good reasons for the creation of "git" as well.) @Helge :

I’m not sure really what your comment means. The point I was making was that most of these side-projects (e.g. creation of a version control “git” system to support Linux kernel development in 2005) probably were really not necessary.

(But I didn’t intend this article to be an in-depth discussion of these projects. For sure there are good reasons for the creation of “git” as well.)

]]> By: Helge http://www.databasesandlife.com/not-invented-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Helge Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:55:33 +0000 http://www.databasesandlife.com/?p=311#comment-787 I met three girls from a small town in Sweden once. All three were tremendously beautiful. This is how I know all girls from that town are tremendously beautiful. Well, that's a wrong conclusion probably. But know what? Still better than your line of arguments! While it would have been more probable that at least one of the three girls had been not so beautiful - it is absolutely unlikely you would have ever heard of any of your examples if they had been unsuccessful. I met three girls from a small town in Sweden once. All three were tremendously beautiful. This is how I know all girls from that town are tremendously beautiful.

Well, that’s a wrong conclusion probably. But know what? Still better than your line of arguments!

While it would have been more probable that at least one of the three girls had been not so beautiful – it is absolutely unlikely you would have ever heard of any of your examples if they had been unsuccessful.

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