Software 2015: Situation dire

1. The increasing dependence of industry and government on an immature software profession whose promise exceeds its delivery has now become a source of risk that teeters at the tipping point. 2. The convergence of software, national security, and global competitiveness interactions and their fragile dependencies are capable of unleashing a destructive synergy of propagating and cascading effects. 3. All this, while both industry and government continue to play the role of free rider as users of software lacking both the ability and will to act while insulated by stove pipes that are deeper and more narrow than ever.