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Aug. 6th, 2008
by The VAR Guy

CompTIA Breakaway: Open Source Misses Big Opportunity

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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