"Geoffrey Moore, the author of the influential book 'Crossing the Chasm' and president of the Chasm Group consulting firm, took a stab at applying his technology evaluation method to the open-source realm Tuesday.
"At the Open Source Business Conference, Moore concluded that a variety of open-source projects have crossed the chasm--meaning that they're useful not just to a niche of early adopters, but also to a larger group of mainstream customers..."