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Re:DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward rev... by IAmEveryone on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:11AM (#22381656)
At least in my small European country, I believe you can use a deprecation schedule for software as long you buy it externally, instead of creating it in-house.

The same is true for other creative work/IP. The reasoning being, I believe, that it is hard to appreciate (as in: set a monetary value) for such work. If you buy, you’ve given the open market a chance to work its magic and the price is believed to be closer to something like truth.

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Re:DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward rev... by kokey on Friday February 21, 2020 @07:34AM (#22382617)
This might go a long way towards explaining why company management in Europe often have some kind of mysterious love for vendor supplied software and doesn't see any in-house development as a competitive advantage or worth spending on maintaining.
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