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Do you use other people's components   [Edit]

Survey period: 21 Oct 2002 to 27 Oct 2002

There are zillions of third party components in the market - both free and commercial. Do you use them, or do you prefer to write yourself.

OptionVotes% 
I use whatever 3rd party components will do the job.15219.05
I'll use whatever supported and documented components that will do the job.26332.96
I'll use 3rd party components only when there's no other choice.29436.84
I never use 3rd party stuff - I write my own.8911.15



 
GeneralDepends on free time... Pin
Philip Patrick20-Oct-02 21:59
professionalPhilip Patrick20-Oct-02 21:59 
GeneralAnd only with the source code... Pin
George20-Oct-02 18:46
George20-Oct-02 18:46 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Davide Zaccanti20-Oct-02 19:27
Davide Zaccanti20-Oct-02 19:27 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Shog920-Oct-02 20:44
sitebuilderShog920-Oct-02 20:44 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
John Aldrich21-Oct-02 14:56
John Aldrich21-Oct-02 14:56 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Daniel 'Tak' M.21-Oct-02 1:44
Daniel 'Tak' M.21-Oct-02 1:44 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Navin21-Oct-02 2:05
Navin21-Oct-02 2:05 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Paul Watson21-Oct-02 20:54
sitebuilderPaul Watson21-Oct-02 20:54 
George wrote:
With the amount of the spy-ware we have nowadays I only trust and use the components that come with the source code

What about things like the .NET Framework and how did you react to MFC and ATL (or is it WTL? not sure... Smile | :) ) when they came out?

Isn't it more about trust than the "only use if source code available" rule?

I know I happily dove into the .NET Framework (which is one big set of components right?) but balked a bit when asked to use a simple Dundas* control.

* Only because coming from a web dev and VB background my exposure to Dundas has been minimal

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
George22-Oct-02 3:16
George22-Oct-02 3:16 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Paul Watson22-Oct-02 3:30
sitebuilderPaul Watson22-Oct-02 3:30 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Navin23-Oct-02 3:09
Navin23-Oct-02 3:09 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
George24-Oct-02 15:54
George24-Oct-02 15:54 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Patrick Lassalle23-Oct-02 2:12
Patrick Lassalle23-Oct-02 2:12 
GeneralRe: And only with the source code... Pin
Patrick Lassalle23-Oct-02 22:53
Patrick Lassalle23-Oct-02 22:53 

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