Not the OP, but there's often only so much you can do. Bad software is often a cultural problem, and I know first hand that you can't just go in and change the

Not the OP, but there's often only so much you can do. Bad software is often a cultural problem, and I know first hand that you can't just go in and change the culture of a place with the snap of your fingers, especially when you're not in management. Sometimes you can't get authorization to work on things that would be a "waste of time", even if it means you sit there visibly doing nothing. That's just the way enterprises are sometimes.