“Cuba, never a fan of capitalism or corporate enterprise, took the step of developing its own Linux distribution (called "Nova") to replace Microsoft Windows in February 2009. According to Caribbean Net News, the switch to Linux was motivated not by technology or cost issues, but instead constituted "the latest front of the communist island's battle against what it views as U.S. hegemony." Nova was introduced during a conference held in the name of "technological sovereignty" and was touted as essential to Cuba's "desire to replace the Microsoft software running most of the island's computers." Evidently, Cuban officials feared that U.S. security agencies could access Microsoft software code and in the process discover secrets belonging to the Cuban government. Whether or not Cuba's switch to Linux has any practical effect on relations between the two countries is debatable, but they have been using Nova ever since.”
http://www.comparebusinessproducts.com/fyi/50-places-linux-running-you-might-not-expect
Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) reacts to Microsoft's involvement in NSA
"1 January 2014: SEA hacked the official Facebook and Twitter pages for Skype as well as the official website's blog, they posted a picture to do with the SEA as well as another post telling users to not use Microsoft's e-mail service Outlook—formerly known as Hotmail—claiming that Microsoft sells user information to the government.
11 January 2014: SEA hacked the @XboxSupport Twitter pages and directed tweets to the groups website
22 January 2014: SEA continued hacks on Microsoft. Hacking the official Microsoft Office Blog. They posted several images and tweeted about the attack."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Electronic_Army
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