Taking Open Source to the Next Channel Level
Any time anybody brings up open source in the channel there's always a note of excitement because the opportunity to provide high-margin technical services around open-source solutions has always been an attractive concept to solution providers.But despite the hype and expectations, the real potential of open source in the channel has largely gone unrealized.
This has happened for any number of reasons not limited to but including the general failure of the vendor community to come up with meaningful open-source programs for the channel. Beyond the general lackluster commitment from the vendors in the channel, the other big issue has been the lack of compelling open-source applications that provide a compelling alternative to established proprietary applications that tend to pull things like Windows or Solaris stacks behind them.Yes, there have been tons of Linux installations, but when you look at them they tend to be limited to being file servers or some type of appliance dedicated to performing a specific function.
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