I found your comment an interesting read, and I want to think about it some more. However this one part struck me as why I wanted to comment earlier, " assume that you upset the status quo at your peril ", this is the exact opposite strategy to "disrupt everything" that comes from silicon valley, so I think there is a bit of a sw/manufacturing ideology gap. I suspect neither side is 100% wrong, more disruption chances could success in manufacturing, some software should take a more conservative stance off the bat, but I think where your speaking from, we don't hear enough about.