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Used Microsoft Licenses For Sale

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."

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  1. Used Licenses for sale in Korea by dxminxs · · Score: 0, Redundant

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  2. Re:Unfortunate name... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't that how you clean your discs?

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