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Does the developer not work on any systems unless they feel it is theirs, or is it a particular system that causes this phenomena? If it is the latter case, th

• thisiszilff 8y ago
  If you feel ownership over some system, you feel as if the whole system reflects on yourself, whereas if you do not feel that sense of ownership, then you feel as if only the work you do on that system reflects on yourself. If you feel ownership then, you're likely to be more proactive in your maintenance and making sure that everything is up to standard rather than being reactive and fixing things that break. You want people to feel a sense of ownership, and rewriting a project is a very good way of doing that. Rewriting may not be the only way, of course, and it may not be the most optimal solution given other goals.