[parsley27]

This is a great explanation of overhead and opportunity cost. I'm always trying to make that pitch for selling my product, but the biggest issue is that I think many companies are just jumping in on BUILD without even researching BUY.

[yukinon]

That's wild, at every company I've worked at so far the default was always to BUY. That meant dev teams needed to fight for BUILD and fight for their existence often.

[parsley27]

I'm thinking it depends on the purpose of the software and how much customization and integration is required. A peripheral application may be a stronger BUY than something that is deployed at the core of the business process.