title: What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Maven?
body: <p>I would like to know the reasons people use or not use Maven. We are about to switch all our builds to Maven 2 and don't have to much experience with it. </p>
  
  <p>What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Maven 2, stuff like:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Why did you switch to maven?  </li>
  <li>Why did you throw maven away and used
  something else?  </li>
  <li>What problem did it
  solve for you? </li>
  <li>What problem did it
  cause for you?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>