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Re:Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and... by ChuckNorris89 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:16PM (#30602507)
Out of curiosity, will Windows and Mac users in Russia stop receiving OS updates as part of the sanctions?

That would definitely expose them to hacking and malware and hurt them big time.

Then again, that could probably push every user in Russia to use a VPN to get their updates.

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Re:Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and... by detaro on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:18PM (#30602527)
Given that some countries still seem to run on XP mostly I'm not sure it hurts that much.
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Re:Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and... by rosndo on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:34PM (#30602794)
If such sanctions are imposed, then yes. Such sanctions have not been imposed yet.

If software companies decide to suspend sales to Russia, then they might have to resort to piracy and possibly miss out on OS updates.

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Re:Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and... by ChuckNorris89 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:10PM (#30603421)
>Such sanctions have not been imposed yet.

Is there a reason why not?

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Re:Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and... by rosndo on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:31PM (#30605235)
Most sanctions that could be imposed have not been imposed yet. The indirect effects of current banking sanctions have made it almost impossible to do business with Russia though.

I have many Russian customers, but neither my Chinese nor UAE banks will accept any transfers from Russia (not to even mention western banks). My business is not directly affected by sanctions, the banks just don’t have sufficient risk appetite to touch Russian money.

Best offer I’ve seen was from a partner which offered to take Russian transfers to a Kyrgyzstani bank account and send me USDT.

Perhaps such sanctions would be unnecessary? Perhaps they’re just on the way.

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