[cykho]

I'd be wary to think they are converging. The enterprise sales cycle is getting shorter and more user driven (more folks can charge a per-user individual fee as opposed to site licenses). This makes the process more accessible than ever. Government on the other side is increasingly consolidating vendors under systems integrators creating an ever higher barrier to competition (http://iq.govwin.com/corp/downloads/Deltek-WashTechTopSI.pdf).