This also impacts you as a developer in the Microsoft ecosystem. I signed up for a Windows Phone developer account and released several WP7 applications while l

This also impacts you as a developer in the Microsoft ecosystem. I signed up for a Windows Phone developer account and released several WP7 applications while living in Canada. I just recently moved back home to Australia and on trying to update my contact details, payment information, etc. found that everything is locked to Canada (and, subsequently, bank/credit accounts that are now closed). Words can not express how poorly I think of Microsoft at this point.