I don't see any contradiction. Both things are true. Best software might mean most profitable (coming from a software maker who makes a living out of software,

I don't see any contradiction. Both things are true. Best software might mean most profitable (coming from a software maker who makes a living out of software, that seems likely). No one is getting paid to create 'the best design' in software. People are paid to create functioning software with useful features and in the current compute landscape, that often means building and shipping a lot of cruft. I don't like this situation but I think it's a fair assessment.