[ Thanks to Mark
Brunelli for this link. ]
“What are your impressions of LinuxWorld so
far?“John H. Terpstra: The LinuxWorld shows over
the last five years have been increasingly sedate. There’s been a
transition from focusing on the geek and developer community to
being more focused around business and business opportunity. What
seems to be lacking is a clear focus on where the major market
opportunity is. Most companies are focused on the top end of the
market, on [companies with] 500-plus employees. Out of the 27.6
million businesses in North America, there are 16,500 businesses
that employ over 500. The rest are in the SMB [small and midsized
business] space and employ between 10 and 50 employees. What’s
missing is value-added to that marketplace…”