I dont think the problem is people (researchers, developers) but of the infrastructure for research. Researchers are constantly thinking about getting new grants and renewing old ones the way politicians are constantly worried about their corporate sponsors and getting reelected. The result is that we only get a little science and we only get a little good governance. The internal organizations that form as a result of this environment are artificial. In the lean times researchers make short term decisions aimed at generating marketing and taking mindshare. In the fat times researchers ensure that all computational and lab space are used and come up with new reasons for growth. A friend working in a large research institution once suggested a refactoring that would greatly improve efficiency of an application. Instead, she was handed back down a recommendation that would make the application less efficient with the same functionality. The reason was that the computational usage was about to be audited and the rule was that there would be no improvements in efficiency until after it was complete. The system is an old house with hundred year old plumbing. The people you pour through the system are going to flow through the pipes abiding by the laws of physics. Blaming them for a leak is about as useful as blaming water: while you may win the moral argument, you will not solve the problem. The best you can do is replace them with new people who will react largely in the same manner.