I imagine the same questions were asked when there were so many variations of electrical generating equipment available. Some street lights were series wired, s

I imagine the same questions were asked when there were so many variations of electrical generating equipment available. Some street lights were series wired, some parallel wired, there was low voltage high current, AC, DC, arc lighting. There were so many different manufacturers, Edison, Siemens, Westinghouse, etc. Yet, Electrical Engineering became a discipline. Electricians and Electrical Engineers separated into discrete career paths. We need to do the same thing with programming and Computer Software Engineering. Sure, it's not going to be easy, but clearly it's time.