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Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by atemerev on Friday April 15, 2016 @02:34PM (#11506576)
"it will function in all Russia, including Crimea,"

Sorry Dmitry, Crimea is not Russia, no matter what this crazy president of ours thinks of it.

Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by yoo1I on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:51PM (#11507130)
You realize of course that the Russian naval base in Sevastopol is older than than the United States, right ?

Not to pass judgement on the current Russian claim to Crimea, but it's a very short-sighted view to pretend that Crimea won't ever be Russian.

Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by atemerev on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:19PM (#11507312)
Yes, I have been in Sevastopol.

However, using blunt military force is not a way to present a territorial claim since 1945, among civilized countries. Especially after signing an agreement guaranteeing territorial integrity in exchange for nuclear weapons (Ukraine had produced and deployed most of Soviet ICBMs while it was a part of the USSR).

Whatever legitimacy Russia might have had over Sevastopol and Crimea, now lost forever. I, Russian citizen, can't go in Crimea anymore, because it amounts to visiting the occupied territory.

Some cite Israel of doing the same. Well, Israel gained Golan Heights / West Bank in response to all-out full destruction war against her (and is still being pressed quite hard by international community for it). Ukraine didn't attack Russia in any way.

Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by gohrt on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:17PM (#11507305)
The Russia that exists today is not the same Russia that existed when the naval base was built. It's a different country with the same name.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by AnimalMuppet on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:57PM (#11507569)
Well, it's a different government. I'm not sure it's a different country.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by saint_fiasco on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:29PM (#11507764)
That's not the point. The point is many US companies can't sell products there whether it's "really" Russia or not.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by Flow on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:14PM (#11506880)
Has any map provider, like Google Maps, changed Crimea to be part of Russia?
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by emodendroket on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:00PM (#11507204)
National Geographic, if you want to count them as a "map provider."
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by atemerev on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:37PM (#11507023)
Google Maps is now displaying it as "disputed territory", like West Bank or Hans Island.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by kuschku on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:49PM (#11507117)
Depends on Country, actually. Google Maps displays it as "disputed" in most of the world, as "Ukraine" in the Ukraine, and as "Russia" in Russia.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by Rexxar on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:54PM (#11507157)
The question is: what does Google displays in Crimea ?
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by Integer on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:47PM (#11507517)
The Internet providers assign Russian mainland IPs to Crimean users, to circumvent the sanctions regime, so they see it the same way Russia sees it.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by mjevans on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:30PM (#11507401)
I would hope that the message is 'Disputed Territory', however it probably depends on where the uplink is.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by sergek on Friday April 15, 2016 @07:53PM (#11508475)
Sorry, anonymous poster, you can't deny objective reality.
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by atemerev on Friday April 15, 2016 @08:07PM (#11508532)
If by "objective reality" you mean "Russia de-facto occupies Crimea with military force", then yes, it is undeniable.