Babbling or Reverent Development

Companies are releasing new software and developing technology so quickly that if you blink, you might miss the new product before a newer one is released. Eric Steven Raymond authored the article "The Cathedral and the Bazaar," where he likens the development of Linux to a bazaar: rapid and babbling. The rapid and babbling development of technology can numb the average consumer and cause him or her to forget to see how far the progression in technology has come. They become so caught up in having the newest product that they do not think about the development built up to that point. What if companies developed software in a reverent and thoughtful cathedral style of  development? I know we wouldn't be as far along in technology's development because it is improving at such a rapid pace. However, it makes me wonder if the world would do the same thing and be just as reverent, thoughtful, and appreciative of the development of technology and of the newest products.