The VAR Guy has the scoop on some upcoming Ubuntu news: Ubuntu and Openbravo are teaming up to help push Ubuntu into the enterprise.

Now, Canonical is seeking killer server applications for Ubuntu. MySQL, the open-source database now owned by Sun, has backed Ubuntu quite a bit. And now Openbravo is joining the party…Smart move by Canonical and Openbravo. CIOs, midmarket IT managers, and solutions providers don’t care much about server operating systems. It’s all about the applications.

I agree, and so do Red Hat and Novell, which built their formidable server businesses by focusing on applications.

It’s interesting, however, where Canonical/Ubuntu is focused. It started with some select, big-name partnerships with IBM and others, and is now focused on shoring up that story with open-source applications. Openbravo is the first to leak, but there are others in the works.

… Source:The Open Road

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