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Used Microsoft Licenses For Sale

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the second-time-around dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A secondhand dealer in Britain has been given the green light by Microsoft to resell software licenses from insolvent or downsizing companies, ZDNet is reporting. The reseller, Disclic, is legally allowed to sell the licenses at a discounted rate of between 20 percent to 50 percent, much lower than Microsoft's resellers. Partners of the software giant have expressed unhappiness over the issue as it undercuts their business. "I've never heard the like, and I am stunned," said Gordon Davies, the commercial director of Microsoft reseller Compusys. "This is clearly going to take away revenue from the channel and from Microsoft," he said."

2 of 222 comments (clear)

  1. As Usual.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I read this on digg days ago.

  2. fuck up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    shut up tubbo

    +5 modded up

    keep all motherfucking posts on topic

    sign the fucking guestbook shitbags