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Microsoft in Jordan

Based on the known facts (and interviews), Jordan's government/public sector is happy to hand over operations to Microsoft. A lot of the software in the private/home sector is not paid for, so Microsoft pretends to be a victim in the country.

Here are posts that cover Jordan (at least in part):

  • Microsoft’s Anti-Counterfeiting Chief Quits, Sales in the Gulf Dive 50%
  • EDGI Finale: Microsoft’s “Linux Compete Squad”
  • Microsoft is Dumping on Michigan, Kentucky, Malta, Gulzar, Delhi University, and Jordan
  • Microsoft Uses Vapourware and ‘Piracy’ (Empty Slurs) to Block Competition
  • Invaded by Microsoft: Middle East, MOD Systems, NComputing, and Move
  • Microsoft Dumping in Healthcare; Michigan, California, New York, and Jordan Also Targeted
  • Estarta Solutions a Microsoft Proxy in Jordan, Elsewhere