Polese: I don't think any one model will be the only model out there in the market, so I do think there will continue to be software that's priced and sold successfully using the enterprise software license model. But I think the majority of software over time will move to software-as-a-service subscription or on-demand models simply because the cost savings and ease for the end customer is so compelling. And because the Internet now enables us to deliver with low overhead very high values for an ongoing basis to customers, and that's what they want.

They ultimately just want the software to work and they want it to perform as promised, and that really requires ongoing maintenance, which is of value and should be a cost that customers are willing to bear, and they are, indeed. So I think the model will, over time, move more and more to software as a service or on-demand, but I don't think that'll be 100 percent [of] the market in any case. I think you'll see a combination of open and closed, proprietary, commercial, enterprise licensed, and SaaS models.

InfoWorld: Do you have any upcoming announcements you want to talk about at this point?

Polese: Not at this point, but we certainly will be over the next several months.

InfoWorld: Can you elaborate at all on that?