Microsoft Corp now has permission to open an office in Moscow, Richard Hevron, Microsoft director of operations in Russia, told Softmarket magazine. At present the company has 11 official distributors, six of which are in Moscow. Microsoft would like to expand this number. The company is to start joint marketing and user support activity in co-operation with Ros-Program-Import (Moscow). Microsoft is also looking for joint publishing deals to organise the publication of reference materials in Russian. In time, Hevron says the company would like to translate the Microsoft System Journal and establish a hot-line service for users of Microsoft’s products (both legitimate and unofficial ones).
