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> The line is where the cost of building is less than that of buying.

Yes, once you factor in transaction costs, integration costs, risks contamination from that 3rd party, risks from lack of value alignment with that 3rd party (remember the Unity game engine?)...

Or, in other words, people that say that phrase you said very often don't know the actual cost of buying. But well, nobody knows the actual cost of building before they try either.



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