Microsoft Corporation plans to create Russian versions of its Hotmail e-mail program and Microsoft Network online service, Associated Press reports. Microsoft has started a test project of selling an simpler version of Windows XP software in Russia designed especially for starters and users of cheap computers, the agency quoted the company’s CEO Steve Ballmer as saying. The company, however, does not expect this starter edition to win a significant share of the market in Russia as the Russian government does not support sales of cheap computers. About five million Russian are currently using Hotmail, Ballmer said. He did not elaborate on the Russian version.
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