A lot of developers have the "not-built-here" mentality - i.e. they only want to use code that they (or their department) built themselves. Here's a brainstorm of some ideas why:
- Concern that external component won't actually work or fit their needs
- Too difficult to customize
- No fun to just plug in someone else's component - devs want to build it themselves
- External components often have license fees (turns off managers and business sponsors)
- Too many unintended side affects (i.e. an AJAX web control that can't handle being on a page with a postback)
- Developers think that they can do it better than the external component
- Fear that product won't be maintained (perhaps from a bad customer service experience)
Of course the benefit of using a third party control (especially an open-source one) is that it can save you a ton of time, potentially give you things that you could never build yourself, and provides you something far more standardized.
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