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MARCH 2010 |
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Lebensmittel Zeitung: License to save costs
The giant Microsoft foams at the success of used software suppliers like usedSoft. "Nevertheless, the trade with used software is a history of continued growing, according to the leading trade magazine "Lebensmittel Zeitung". usedSoft already counts more than 2000 customers, including many well-known companies, such as for example Edeka or Douglas. All attempts of the software giant Microsoft to stop this new market have failed. "It would be the same, if BMW attempted to forbid the sale of used cars", explains shareholder Andreas Bremke during an interview. "In Germany, we are recycling things like made, so why not recycling software licenses as well. From an economic point of view, any other handling would be nonsense".
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JANUARY 2010 |
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Salzburger Nachrichten: Used licenses in action
from Martin Arbeiter on January 23, 2010
The Salzburg Airport opts for used software – thereby making savings of 30 percent. "For us, the used software market is a fixed component of our purchasing strategy", explains Josef Kert, Head of the EDP-department to the "Salzburger Nachrichten". Especially against the background of the notarial certificate supplied by usedSoft, there would be no reason to refrain from benefitting from the "unbeatable favourable conditions". Meanwhile, the Austrian used software market enjoys considerable growing rates...
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