Why do we need some level of control?

In today's connected systems, some level of control of your Platform is needed.

Security problems needed fixed.

Problems needed debugged.

Problematic subsystems need swapped out.

Suppliers go out of business.

Parts go obsolete.

New customers require new features.

We may want to leverage new technologies.

New Open Source projects become available.

We obviously can't control every detail, but we at least need enough control to adapt and respond to change or the unexpected.

Control is required because we can't predict everything up front.

With complex systems, this is more true than ever.