Summary: As authorities continue to attain autonomy, Microsoft creates unit of global alliances

DESPITE dirty play from Microsoft Russia (e.g. [1, 2]), it turns out that Russian authorities carry on migrating to GNU/Linux (Google's automated translation to English).

On the other hand, a couple of reports from Portugal suggest that Microsoft is planning to create a unit of global alliances with its headquarters in Portugal. This choice of country is not surprising given Microsoft's behaviour in the country. Thanks to Tony Manco for the tip. â–ˆ "Holy ad nauseam: If I hear anyone from Microsoft talk about the freedom to innovate one more time, I think I'll hurl a month's worth of cookies. Instead of worrying about whether or not the government will stop Microsoft from innovating in the future, the head honchos in Redmond ought to spend some energy trying to figure out what force has prevented them from innovating over the past decade."

--InfoWorld Editor Nicholas Petreley - December 20, 1999