[shekharshan]

I agree with the principal of it but I am not sure I can find a company that is not using software as a competitive edge to take poach business away from others (smaller companies) or cut costs through automation. The world we live in is seen as a zero-sum game.

TurboTax has drained money from personal accountants. Cloud computing is shifting responsibilities from "IT admins" to developers. Autonomous personal and commercial transport is just waiting to put a large number of people out of work. I am not sure how you can end up in development and not participate in mass misery of non-developers.

[perl4ever]

I think you're misusing "zero-sum", or I think it's a useless term the way you're using it. Just because everything has costs and benefits doesn't mean the total is zero. If all numbers are equal, I guess everything is zero sum, but so what?