It seems clear to me where the software industry is headed:
- it is about software as a service.
- it is about moving away from running apps on your own hardware.
- it is about roll your own apps.
- it is about offshoring as much development as you can get away with.
- it is about integrating as much open source software as you can.
- it is about moving away from a database model of software towards a search-based apps type of approach.
- it is about creating apps for the small and medium business sector.