With the market increasing so rapidly many big companies are not always willing to develop into a certain area or they just do not have the time to devote to developing it. It is these areas, says University of Maryland professor Raymond Yeh that the smaller domestic software companies must tackle.
「軟體業近年來發展得很快，市場所需的類多量也大，就有許多大公司顧及不了或不願做、而國內業者有能力做的項目，我們應掌握這種『利基』（niche ﹘﹘市場的隙縫）」不久前回國參加一九八四年國際計算機會議的美國馬利蘭大學教授葉祖堯說。