"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"
