I would agree if I felt that the industry were moving towards "better" software - as in, as an industry, we said "Wow, we need to seriously take a step back and

I would agree if I felt that the industry were moving towards "better" software - as in, as an industry, we said "Wow, we need to seriously take a step back and start writing systems more reliably, more securely, etc". I do not think we're going in this direction, necessarily.