“Heavyweight or lightweight?”
If you choose heavyweight, how much of the ceremony could you impose on others? A heavyweight system may work for a freelancer who doesn’t join a customer’s team. Since I’m collaborating a lot with such teams however, it’s mostly them who impose their system on me so mine needs to be lightweight.

“In one location or do you travel a lot?”
Well, my father has worked more than 25 years for IBM, mostly in one location, but I doubt we could find career paths like that nowadays. It’s not just about traveling, but also about changing your workplace or place of residence. Imagine your wife gets offered an excellent job in a city at the other end of the galaxy and both of you decide to relocate. You could become a commuter or even a workweek hotel guest in an instant…

“One tool to rule them all…”
To me, it doesn’t matter that much whether I use an integrated or a best-of-breed solution. Rather, the key issue for me is to use a standards-based solution or at least one that lets me “losslessly” import and export my data. There’s hardly anything more mind-calming than a company that gives me the means to say goodbye to their product should I choose.

Thanks a lot, James!