[version_five]

This is an almost universal problem in any endeavor. Everyone loves heros and visionaries, few give any respect to diligent maintainers, so we have a world of shiny, fragile new things on top of crumbling older ones that haven't kept up. Whether its software, infrastructure, equipment or corporate structure or whatever, incentives make it always like this.

[markus_zhang]

Yeah I believe it's just human nature. Can't do much with it except that in my career I'll pay more respect to the maintenance people and others who are sweating for someone else's glory. The glorious guys already get glory and big buck so they don't need anything else.