NASA overspent $15m on Oracle software because it was afraid an audit could cost more

Houston, we have a problem: Millions wasted on license penalties

NASA is rubbish at software asset management, has not implemented federal government guidance on how to address it, and as a result is spending too much on code it doesn't use - including $15 million on unused Oracle software alone, under a twelve-year-old license the space agency was afraid to examine....