Why did the damage persist for years? Seems like that problem could be fixed fairly quickly. It is too bad when someone writes less than optimal code, but on t

Why did the damage persist for years? Seems like that problem could be fixed fairly quickly. It is too bad when someone writes less than optimal code, but on the other hand, did the software work? Did it make the company money? If so then it was a success, regardless of how bad the code looks. Often times in business you have to hack together something that works now, and worry about re-writing it later. It's easy with the benefit of hindsight to look back and say how things should've been done differently.