“Officials at MK Group and Red Hat stressed that discussions on
Linux-based ERP are preliminary. But CA and Red Hat have already
agreed to joint marketing and sales plans in other areas…”
“Paul McNamara, director of business development at Red Hat…
would not comment on the progress in ERP porting between Red Hat
and CA. But McNamara did say time is of the essence in tapping the
lucrative midmarket companies interested in ERP. Red Hat research
suggests there are 67,000 such companies delving into it.^M
“Those customers are going to want a bulletproof, reliable
platform, and Linux is ideal,” McNamara said.”