The Internet economy seems to be growing faster than the wider economy is shrinking. Facebook and MySpace and Google Apps are teaching millions of people about SaaS every month. Moreover, people are surprisingly increasingly willing to spend money online, even as spending trends are down in the wider economy.
via freshbooks.com
absolutely true from my own vantage point with my real data to prove even.
saas has wind in its back due to the cataclysmic economic conditions.