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Originally posted by Indeed
if you own the script and can do whatever you want with it, there are not much risks....
however if you use mpa2 and such, if for whatever reason they go down, you go down with them...you don't have access to the source code, so if they aren't available to help you out, you're screwed...in the long run, who knows what could happen to these guys...
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Flipside to that is the cost associated with trying to make and maintain your own script. I am sure there are quite a few webmasters/companies that have tried to make something that have the functionalities that a program such as MPA2 have - I can tell some stories from current clients, and some from companies that whished they were clients, instead of spending a year trying and failing/or almost making it themselves. It can make sense for some, but for others it doesn't.
Both will work just the same... Just make sure you calculate what you can afford to do before doing it...
Oh, and for companies staying in business or not... that is always a risk, so be sure to look at the companies history.