Vendors admonished for "questionable" licensing tactics

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Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and IBM all come under fire for unfair licensing rules in Forrester report

The "unfair" licensing rules employed by the big software vendors are stirring up resentment among end users and giving the industry a bad name, according to Forrester. Oracle, SAP, Microsoft an...

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