CompTIA Breakaway Conference: Open Source Misses Big Opportunity

Courtesy Linux Today  Thu, 08/07/2008 - 14:30

The VAR Guy: "CompTIA Breakaway, held in Orlando, Florida, this week, was a successful conference for hundreds of VARs and managed service providers.

Foolishly, open source companies that need channel strategies skipped the show. Here's why The VAR Guy was alarmed."


 

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