Microsoft has opened a global technical support center for Eastern Europe, France and Germany in Bucharest, Romania,
AP reports. The opening ceremony was attended by Romanian President Traian Basescu and Microsoft founder Bill Gates (Bill Gates).
About 600 people will work in the new technical support center, and investment in it will amount to 12 12 million. During the opening ceremony, Bill Gates demonstrated Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007. In turn, the President awarded Microsoft Chairman the award "Star of Romania".
Romania can be called the European center of offshore programming, a kind of local India. The IT market in Romania is estimated at? 1 billion, with half of this amount being exports.