CIO.com article: Last Rites for Perpetual Enterprise Software Licenses?

Notes from the Field

Steven R. KurshJanuary 27, 20261 minute

Perpetual licenses once made sense, but today they slow innovation and raise risk. EOA and subscriptions are the engineering reality enterprises must face. Here’s our thoughts about the end of perpetual enterprise software licenses.

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