Microsoft and the software reseller ValueLicensing have been going at each other for a while now, but the outcome of the latest trial that's starting up in the UK could have real ramifications on the second-hand software market.
The Register reports that the trial, which starts today, will sit before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and reminds us that the case "has the potential to blow a hole in the European reselling market." That's because, according to the reseller, "if Microsoft's argument is correct, it would mean that the entire resale market in Europe should not exist."
