Microsoft suspends sales of products and services in Russia

If Russian leadership changes and Ukraine survives then yes, those businesses will probably come back relatively quickly.

 

who told you that?)

 

It's kind of obvious.

 

Russians are searching for pirated Microsoft products and switching to Linux as the Western corporate exodus hits software updates and services: report
Huileng Tan
Tue, June 28, 2022 at 11:06 PM

Russians are searching for pirated Microsoft software online after the US tech giant halted sales in the country over its invasion of Ukraine, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday.

Russia-based web searches for pirated Microsoft software have surged by as much as 250% after the company suspended new sales on March 4, according to Kommersant. In June so far, there's been a 650% surge in searches for Excel downloads, the media outlet added.

Microsoft said earlier this month it's significantly scaling down business in Russia, joining a long list of companies winding down businesses in the country amid sweeping sanctions over the war in Ukraine. The move hits Russia hard because the country relies on foreign software to power many of its manufacturing and engineering tech systems, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

... https://news.yahoo.com/russians-searching-pirated-microsoft-products-040614477.html​

It is kind of funny that searches for Excel are way up. Are Russian businesses all trying to pirate Excel? How pathetic.

 

~ They should try China ...

 

Might as well. That's where they're going to be getting just about everything from now on