I think we agree as well; my reply was meant to speculate on whether anti-maintenance sentiment comes from developers or higher up (culture etc.). > Management

I think we agree as well; my reply was meant to speculate on whether anti-maintenance sentiment comes from developers or higher up (culture etc.). > Management doesn't even reward bug fixing I think that's the moral of the story. It's not that developers are childish, stamp their feet, and refuse to do bugfix work; it's that they're incentivized to not do it.