IDC predicts perpetual licensing exodus

Doug Woodburn
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Some vendors who try to support both a perpetual and subscription model will 'find themselves in no-man's land', says market watcher

At least three software vendors will move to scrap all perpetual licensing in 2016 as they struggle to square it with their burgeoning subscription-based businesses. That was one of 10 predictio...

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