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MACEDONIA: Pirated Windows Still Rules in Macedonia |
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2004-11-12 17:09:26 |
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Only 400 companies out of 50.000 registered companies in Macedonia installed licensed version of Microsoft’s software. That is the result of the software licensing action conducted by Microsoft and Macedonian government from February to May this year. According to unofficial information, despite 100.000 computers in Macedonia, only 8.000 licensed versions of software are used. Many companies were controlled, but in only two of them pirated software was found. They were accused of copyrights violation.
After signing the Strategic Agreement with Microsoft, Macedonian government installed about 6.000 licensed versions of Microsoft’s software and paid 3.9 million dollars. This action was announced as beginning of dealing with piracy and copyrights violation, which were considered to be very important for admission in European Union.
According to the Strategic Agreement with the Government, Microsoft was bound to develop Macedonian version of Windows, but such version is not yet available.
Professor Jani Makraduli received the draft version in July. Professor Zoran Anchevski was supposed to make corrections in the draft version by the end of November, but because of the great amount of the material the deadline is scheduled for the beginning of the next year.
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