[1]From:
   http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-bold-plan-beat-nsa-053014453.html
   "Microsoft is tired of waiting for the United States government to rein
   in the National Security Agency so it’s taking matters into its own
   hands. The Financial Times reports that [2]Microsoft “will allow
   foreign customers to have their personal data stored on servers outside
   the U.S.,” a move that other tech companies such as [3]Google have so
   far resisted due to cost concerns.
   However, Microsoft’s general counsel Brad Smith tells The Financial
   Times that “people should have the ability to know whether their data
   are being subjected to the laws and access of governments in some other
   country and should have the ability to make an informed choice of where
   their data resides.”
   That Microsoft is willing to go this far shows how much the [4]NSA
   spying scandal has damaged trust between American tech companies and
   their international customers. [5]Microsoft even took the unusual step
   late last year of classifying the United States government as “advanced
   persistent threat” to its customers’ security, a designation that the
   company normally uses only cyber terrorists sponsored by foreign
   governments."
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   Jim Bell's comment begins:
       Well, I suppose it's desirable that such big companies talk like
   they're fighting back against USG/NSA, but their final 'bite' had
   better be far more serious and definitive than their current 'bark'.
               Jim Bell

References

   1. http:///
   2. http://bgr.com/tag/microsoft
   3. http://bgr.com/tag/google
   4. http://bgr.com/2013/12/09/nsa-reform-apple-google/
   5. http://bgr.com/2013/12/05/microsoft-nsa-advanced-persistent-threat/