Also, there is a paucity of information with which to draw conclusions as to the quality of software you are buying into (whether literally or figuratively) in

Also, there is a paucity of information with which to draw conclusions as to the quality of software you are buying into (whether literally or figuratively) in order to make informed decisions, and there are rarely adequate resources assigned when making the decision to investigate potential problems (or the expertise to do so effectively). This is all confounded further by marketing departments putting out a lot of misleading information.