Russia's Microsoft Office challenger forced to shut down offices and fire workers as reports claim it is losing millions
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Russia’s designated Office replacement struggling and closing its core office is a reminder that forced import substitution in mature software categories is brutally hard. If your strategy assumes “we’ll just swap in a domestic stack,” budget for multi-year product gaps and user resistance, not a quick plug-in.
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