GigaOm reports that the young entrepreneurs are avoiding enterprise software:
One need only look at the hairlines of today’s software leaders. The current wunderkinds are not looking to create the next wave of corporate computing applications, but are instead gravitating toward emerging fields, such as web 2.0, biotech, and anything “green.”
Moreover, when asking today’s business software leaders if they would recommend their kids to start a business in the same field, 29% said “no”:
Popularity: 34% [?]
Writer: Jeff Wang. I am currently a student at UC Berkeley, majoring in Computer Science. Most posts will be dedicated to young entreprenuers.
totally agree. I’m a young entrepreneur, and I hate enterprise software for everyday use, especially things that are desktop-based. The only enterprise software we use in my company are hosted apps (quickbooks online etc). The hey days of enterprise software are over, this will largely become a niche market for specialized heavy-duty apps. Everything else will, and is, moving to the web.
Just ask Google.