Technology Giant Plans Open Source Channel Partner Initiative

"Tech Data's Target List

"Among the open source partners and solutions Tech Data plans to pursue and/or promote:

• Linux (Novell and Red Hat) as a potential alternative to Microsoft Windows
• Zimbra (open source email owned by Yahoo) as a potential alternative to Ipswitch
• Compiere (open source CRM and ERP) as a potential alternative to Intuit
• Red Hat JBoss (open source middleware) as a potential alternative to IBM Websphere
• MySQL (open source database) as a potential alternative to Oracle (ironically, Oracle is acquiring MySQL as part of the Sun Microsystems buyout)
• SugarCRM (open source CRM) as a potential alternative to Microsoft Dynamics"

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