JumpBox: Open Source Meets SaaS (Again)

[ Thanks to The VAR Guy for this link. ]

"But the laser-like focus on Microsoft SaaS is both a blessing and a burden for VARs. All those partners that "grew up" selling Windows NT applications need to make two leaps of faith. First, a leap of faith beyond Microsoft servers and into the cloud. And second, a leap of faith beyond Microsoft applications and into open source."

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