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Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by CrazyStat on Friday March 06, 2020 @07:53AM (#22503175)
Several years ago my university was bragging about a $200 million donation the engineering school had received from several companies.

Turned out it was just several hundred seat licenses for a bunch of commercial cad, simulation etc. software, which the companies valued at about $50k/seat.

A very cheap way to donate $200 million.

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Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by wolco on Friday March 06, 2020 @08:52AM (#22503488)
And to write-off $200.00 million.
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