Giving up is lame? Well, I don’t want to be lame! So there’s no way I’ll give up on my reimplementation of the OS, compiler, web browser, and I won’t even consider giving up on the rewrite of everything I’ve ever done!
Also, giving up is lame is the worst excuse I’ve ever heard for the not invented here syndrom. Noone said software is a crime against humanity - but it’s actualy not always necessary or appropriate to write everything from scratch.