I was going to post a message in the same vien as elbi earlier this morning, however I ran out of time.

What you are doing is making a good descision that can only help yourself, your company, and your customers in the long run. Why? Well, as you gain knowledge and experiance, you become more valuable as a '<whatever you are/do in your company>' to your company. You can tackle more complex problems with greater ease. (This can be a great assest to your company)

Having said that I must also add that you may be doing it for the wrong reasons. Personal gain on company time may or may not be ethical. That brings this to a philosophical debate. Does the ends justify the means? Personally, I don't know, and I'd rather not try to figure it out.

Down from my soap box, I will answer the question in its context. I have never let personal gain influence technical descisions. Opinion is another matter altogther. It is my opinion that BASH scripting for a certain project suffices, but Perl scripting for it is much better. Where a collegue of my has the opposite opinion. That is the beauty of opinions.

HTDCTMBAR (hope this doesn't confuse the matter beyond all recognition)

Kristofer