Software should be a mass noun.

Different types of nouns in English: mass nouns and count nouns.

One test: you use "fewer" for count nouns, "less" for mass nouns.

Count nouns are distinct, individual objects.

Mass nouns are a fluid mass.

Count nouns: Apples. Diamonds. Apps.

Mass nouns: Sand. Water. Happiness…

… and software.

Software should flow.

In the immortal words of Bruce Lee: "Be water, my friend."