Sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm not questioning why you switched from an otherwise unused technology. Sometimes it's the best way forward. My comment is meant for

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm not questioning why you switched from an otherwise unused technology. Sometimes it's the best way forward. My comment is meant for this sentence: > Also, if you start giving people "1/3 time" responsibilities, you're one step away from "everything is top priority" territory. I like to maintain and improve legacy systems and usually happy to do it. When I got a separate side-project I had constantly fight with my team why I should work on project X instead of contributing to our core project. If it was my whole team responsibility they were happy that somebody does it. Also, they wanted to invest enough time so it won't break.