The situation will slowly improve with time as wisdom and expertise with software diffuses throughout industry.  Right now, software is a crude tool in most industries, with little understanding among the decision makers.  That&#x27;s why the best software is found in pure software companies.  (However good or bad Microsoft software may be, it&#x27;s still true that Microsoft &gt;&gt; Ford &gt;&gt; Honeywell.) Over the coming years, better software practices will suffuse through non-software industries, and the CEO of the company that makes your toaster will need a gut level understanding of software in the same way he currently understands inventory management.