“Caldera Systems Inc. signed its first tier-one distribution agreement with Tech Data Corp. in an effort to promote Linux in the channel.”
“Tech Data, based here, will distribute Caldera’s complete line of Linux for Business products and provide technical services through its Linux Support Center, marketing support, reseller education, distribution and logistics services, and Linux installation on compatible systems at its US TDEnsemble configuration and assembly centers.”
“The agreement follows Tech Data’s distribution agreement in late August with open-source-code software provider Cygnus Solutions, Sunnyvale, Calif., and its recent addition of a Linux Support Center and distribution deal with Red Hat Software Inc.’s Linux software.”