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Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:01 am
At the end of February, the United States imposed sanctions on the supply of American technologies to Russia. Microsoft officially suspended its operations in Russia on March 4. However, on April 8, the US Treasury Department announced the lifting of some restrictions. In particular, the department allowed the export and sale to Russia (directly or through other countries) of software, services, equipment or technologies necessary for exchanging information on the Internet.
Microsoft has spent a lot dubai cell phone number list of time and money promoting licensed software in Russia, so it is quite logical that the corporation is returning to the market and trying to maintain the number of users of its products at the same level, Ferra.ru editor-in-chief Evgeny Kharitonov shared his opinion with Izvestia.
— The business of large IT companies is structured in such a way that if one link or sales market falls out, the corporation incurs significant costs. The Russian software market, although not the largest in the world, still occupies a certain share of the revenue of the same Microsoft and has been actively growing in recent years, — added R-Style Softlab analyst Alexander Sholokhov.
In addition, with the suspension of the American company's work in the Russian Federation, users began to switch to other software products. Therefore, Microsoft's desire to return to the Russian market as soon as possible is completely natural, the expert concluded.
However, Sergey Chernomashentsev, executive director of Smart-Soft, claims that the American corporation never left Russia completely. Even after the official cessation of product deliveries to Russia, the company continued to ship OEM licenses — software versions supplied together with hardware, he said.
— Microsoft continues to support non-profit foundations and human rights organizations. And also those who oppose SVO. These foundations began to buy and register licenses in large quantities, — the specialist said.
According to him, Microsoft is no longer checking so carefully whether the organization for which the license is issued is a foundation (school, college). The issuance of licenses works in a semi-automatic mode, explained Sergey Chernomashentsev.
Microsoft has spent a lot dubai cell phone number list of time and money promoting licensed software in Russia, so it is quite logical that the corporation is returning to the market and trying to maintain the number of users of its products at the same level, Ferra.ru editor-in-chief Evgeny Kharitonov shared his opinion with Izvestia.
— The business of large IT companies is structured in such a way that if one link or sales market falls out, the corporation incurs significant costs. The Russian software market, although not the largest in the world, still occupies a certain share of the revenue of the same Microsoft and has been actively growing in recent years, — added R-Style Softlab analyst Alexander Sholokhov.
In addition, with the suspension of the American company's work in the Russian Federation, users began to switch to other software products. Therefore, Microsoft's desire to return to the Russian market as soon as possible is completely natural, the expert concluded.
However, Sergey Chernomashentsev, executive director of Smart-Soft, claims that the American corporation never left Russia completely. Even after the official cessation of product deliveries to Russia, the company continued to ship OEM licenses — software versions supplied together with hardware, he said.
— Microsoft continues to support non-profit foundations and human rights organizations. And also those who oppose SVO. These foundations began to buy and register licenses in large quantities, — the specialist said.
According to him, Microsoft is no longer checking so carefully whether the organization for which the license is issued is a foundation (school, college). The issuance of licenses works in a semi-automatic mode, explained Sergey Chernomashentsev.