, evildictaitor wrote

In some countries (like North Korea and Syria) it's illegal to run Microsoft Server entirely. I wonder how much Microsoft gives a damn. Or the users in that country for that matter.

It's not about Syria and Iran, but EU and Australia.
http://www.mondaq.com/australia/article.asp?articleid=113912

http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/hss/59481.html

http://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2010/06/articles/german-dpa-issues-legal-opinion-on-cloud-computing/

http://blogs.olswang.com/datonomy/2011/03/01/cloud-computing-rejected-by-the-danish-data-protection-agency/

And you again missed the far more important issue (the law aspect can be sidestepped, since no one raids offices for this) - even in first world countries, fast and stable connection aren't as ubiquitous as you may think. Just what is your answer? Aside from relocating business of course.

, evildictaitor wrote

Or maybe it's just that you haven't bothered to consider the other point of view.

Says the right one. What again is your point of view regarding those with bad connections? Move town/province/city/country?

SBS served those people quite well, so they should close the shop and move on (literally!) because Microsoft has a "new vision"?