Second-Hand Software Sales Set to Soar on Oracle Ruling
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As chief of computer systems for Berliner Volksbank, Joerg Bauske has long been dismayed at the amount he spends on software. Now he says he’s found an easy way to cut costs dramatically: Buying used programs.
Bauske plans to upgrade the regional savings bank’s copies of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Server with second-hand copies purchased from a broker called Preo Software AG.