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Microsoft Slashes Russia Operations After War Clouds Outlook (bloomberg.com) 41

Microsoft is substantially reducing its business in Russia, joining the list of prominent technology firms cutting back or exiting the country altogether after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From a report: "As a result of the changes to the economic outlook and the impact on our business in Russia, we have made the decision to significantly scale down our operations in Russia," the company said in an emailed statement. "We will continue to fulfill our existing contractual obligations with Russian customers while the suspension of new sales remains in effect." More than 400 employees will be affected, a company spokesperson said. "We are working closely with impacted employees to ensure they are treated with respect and have our full support during this difficult time," Microsoft said in the statement.
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Microsoft Slashes Russia Operations After War Clouds Outlook

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  • Ok, how much of that did you jokers do on purpose?

    Microsoft's Outlook has gone all Cloudy? Come on!
    • Microsoft will crush Russia's war machine by shipping a million copies of Bob to the motherland.
  • har har.
  • Russia The Island (Score:5, Interesting)

    by mugnyte ( 203225 ) on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:10AM (#62603858) Journal
    Vladimir's legacy, at the moment, looks to be a Russia completely disconnected from the major trading channels of the world.

    It'd be a safe bet that the Russian people will suffer in near silence for the next decade, as they've done for the past century, as their leadership plays Authoritarian Strongman and achieves next to nothing aside from moving some borders on a map.

    Meanwhile, as the de-petrolium-ification of the energy sector continues, innovation will yearn for a new mix of supplies and ideas. Alm of this requires a free-flow of goods and collaboration in the material sciences. Russia, and all countries that prefer isolation, will find it harder and harder to compete with economies slowly making electrical energy as cheap as possible.

    • And in a propaganda bubble, it'll be like USSR again where everyone complains (only to trusted friends) about how bad it is but at least it's not like the rest of the world which they've been told is worse.

      • by mugnyte ( 203225 )
        I fully expect another 1000+ page novel detailing the existential crisis that any sane person would have living in such a society.
      • by Tablizer ( 95088 )

        > "but at least [USSR 2.0 is] not like the rest of the world which they've been told is worse."

        I don't believe the average original-USSR citizen thought the rest of the world was worse off. They just figured it wasn't worth thinking about since accidentally talking about it could get you into trouble. Thus, it was best to close both your mind & mouth to wondering about the world outside.

    • by tlhIngan ( 30335 )

      It's not just Russia disconnected from trading, it's everyone in the world wouldn't want to resume trade - or do it on a cash-only basis.

      Because even if the sanctions were lifted overnight, Russia has basically screwed themselves over for at least the next decade. People won't want to loan Russia anything - because it may be stolen from you either by government or you may be forced to abandon it. So everything Russia wants would have to be bargained for - basically barter and the like. No one would want to

    • Vladimir's legacy, at the moment, looks to be a Russia completely disconnected from the major trading channels of the world.

      It'd be a safe bet that the Russian people will suffer in near silence for the next decade, as they've done for the past century, as their leadership plays Authoritarian Strongman and achieves next to nothing aside from moving some borders on a map.

      Meanwhile, as the de-petrolium-ification of the energy sector continues, innovation will yearn for a new mix of supplies and ideas. Alm of this requires a free-flow of goods and collaboration in the material sciences. Russia, and all countries that prefer isolation, will find it harder and harder to compete with economies slowly making electrical energy as cheap as possible.

      Putin's so sick that official videos make him look terminal. He'll be lucky if he's alive in 1-year, much less 10. Once that happens it's not entirely certain what happens next.

      I'm actually hoping he lasts until the war is over, I don't see his immediate successor pulling out and Ukraine can't do much better than General Putin micromanaging troops from the Kremlin.

  • by dknj ( 441802 ) on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:12AM (#62603862) Journal

    To the Netherlands within 2 months of the start of the war. And I mean they assisted him in opening a foreign bank account and provided him with eur funds. Now that he is no longer in Russia, he has full production access again.

    • Re: (Score:1, Flamebait)

      by ghoul ( 157158 )
      Is any job worth betraying your country?
      • +5 funny.

      • by gtall ( 79522 )

        What does it even mean to be a "country" when it is run by a sawed-off runt with penis envy and who his own private goon squad, i.e., the FSB?

      • Who really betrayed whom in this situation?

      • Is any job worth betraying your country?

        Corruption, lack of freedom, international pariah status, tens of thousands of young men (often conscripts) lying dead in Ukraine.

        Aren't the Russians supporting Putin the ones betraying their country?

  • I thought they tried to convert to a home-tuned Linux distro nicknamed "Putix". What happened to that?

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