[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy for this link. ]
“This could have been a huge week for the open source industry
to cash in on the retail industry. Instead it’s a missed
opportunity. Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and other traditional software
companies are making big news at a major New York event for retail
CIOs, but open source application providers like OpenBravo are
largely silent. Big mistake. Here’s a closer look at the
situation.“The setting is the National Retail Federation’s 97th annual
conference in New York. This is the retail industry’s ‘Comdex’–the
big event of the year for tech companies that want to help automate
retail enterprises. It’s where big software companies brag about
their latest retail customer wins…”