Inkampani esekwe eRedmond inokuyeka ukukhonza ikomkhulu laseRussia. NgokukaBloomberg, iMoscow izakuqala ukubuyisela iimveliso zikaMicrosoft ngesoftware yesizwe, ngenxa yokunyanzelwa nguVladimir Putin ukuba ayeke ukuthembela kubuchwephesha bamanye amazwe, ikhethekileyo kuyo yonke into evela eUnited States. IGosa eliyiNtloko leThekhinoloji uArtem Yermolaev uxelele oonondaba ukuba Inkonzo yokuqala yokuyeka ukusebenza iya kuba yiMicrosoft Exchange kunye ne-Outlook, eya kutshintshwa kwiikhompyuter ezingama-6.000 yisoftware evela kwinkampani yaseRussia iRostelecom.
Kodwa le kuphela kwencam yomkhenkce, kuba kwixesha elizayo, abasemagunyeni bafuna ukwenza isoftware yesizwe yokulawula i-imeyile ngaphezulu kweekhompyuter ezingama-600.000 ezisasazwe kwilizwe liphela. Banokutshintsha endaweni yeWindows kunye neOfisi nangona okwangoku, ngokwesibhengezo somphathiswa wezobuchwephesha, akukho zicwangciso malunga noku.
Umongameli wase-Russia uVladimir Putin ubhenele kwiinkampani nakwimibutho ukuba ibeke kuye isithembiso esiza kubavumela ukuba basebenze njengangaphambili kwaye bayeke ukuxhomekeka kwisoftware yaseMelika. Ukunqongophala kokuzithemba kwisoftware yaseMelika Ayichaphazeli iMicrosoft kuphela kodwa iGoogle kunye neApple baneengxaki ezahlukeneyo elizweni ngenxa yokucinga kokuhlola izicelo zabo kunye nenkqubo yokusebenza.
Yonke le nto yaqala ngengxaki yaseCrimea, apho Uluntu lwamazwe onke lwalwa nxamnye neRussia, kwaye izoyikiso zokuqala zaqala ukufika zivela eRashiya zaya eYurophu naseMelika. Ukuzama ukumisa ukuqhubela phambili kweemveliso zaseMelika kweli lizwe, uPutin ufuna ukunyusa irhafu kwiinkampani zaseMelika ezisebenza kweli lizwe.
Kancinci kancinci, urhulumente waseRussia ubonakala elandela ekhondweni lase China, ezama ulawule ngalo lonke ixesha lonke ulwazi olujikeleza kwi-intanethi kunye nezixhobo ezinokuba sisongelo kurhulumente. Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, urhulumente welizwe uthathe isigqibo sokutshintsha zonke ii-iPads ngeetafile ze-Samsung, njengoko bebanga ukuba i-iOS inomnyango ongasemva ovumela abasemagunyeni baseMelika ukuba bafikelele kulwazi olugcinwe kuso nasiphi na isixhobo.