"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..."
