Phenomenal speed Microsoft!

'Moscow, November 1, 2010. - Today, during a meeting with. B. Ivanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft, announced the publication of indicative prices for software Microsoft, operating in the territory of Russia, the licensing program for public entities. '.

This is the beginning of the press release Microsoft Moscow. Notice of the date of. And I 'll tell you more about the time I received it by mail at 10 am (November 1). And he hangs site:.

http://www. microsoft. ru. aspx.

(explain why in MS such addresses Web-pages? order could not provide links to them? I understand that it turns to the Russian name of the text, but still. ).

Yes, in the. survey, to see hot, p. al early in the morning of the week began a rapid publication.


One would think that Steve met Ivanov not only to make such an announcement.
Apparently, it will not last ( including today) posting: MS has got to cover Ballmer separate page:. http://www. microsoft. com/rus/events/steve2010/default. aspx.

Visits by top officials of corporations, including MS, have long ceased to be exotic to us. Still earlier, Ballmer met with the media. Now, apparently, is not up to journalists - serious business to do.

On the forthcoming visit of the Moscow office of MS soobshil in his blog, news five days ago. And I knew a young man, Sergei said earlier: it was announced that Steve will meet with youth at MSU. To get there it was necessary to write an application on a site with ' interesting question '. Sergei sent a question and got an invitation ( to a meeting this afternoon ). I asked him to write his impressions.

As for the business program Ballmer. The fact that today the state - a key player in the IT market - no doubt. The fact that MS is now the focus is aimed there - is also evident. And understandably so: either way, but in MS is a very real competitor in the form of activating OSS- community.

More precisely, I think it's not so much competitors as ' card', which razygyvayut, but still - the problem of moving back to MS.

I think that Ballmer will find common language with our officials.