"Great at hardware, rubbish at software" was a very common refrain even at the time, and that was a manifestation of the same internal dysfunction. What wasn't clear was whether anyone could come along and fill the gap, or when they might.
Because so much is software-based now, my counter would be that most companies that would have died because they failed to get their software operation in order have already done so.
Because so much is software-based now, my counter would be that most companies that would have died because they failed to get their software operation in order have already done so.