>Well, the feeling we have presently with the Montreal office is that they are about to destroy some communities that practically saved their office. A lot of developers got involved in forming user groups for helping MS products to be known in the region and that also has contributed to keep the Montreal office in a better position as the response of this local community is quite strong here. So, someone came and forgot to say thanks I guess.

Pardon the blunt question, but if there is an MS office in Montreal, who benefits? MS or local user groups? If the groups, then "saving the MS office" is really just enlightened self-interest.