MS&MK
Новица Наков
novica at bagra.net.mk
Sat Aug 30 00:29:08 UTC 2003
Three years ago, Microsoft negotiated a $3 million settlement with the
government of Macedonia, one of the single largest abusers of intellectual
property rights in this tiny country. More than 1 percent of Macedonia's
GDP is said by various observers to be derived from software and digital
content piracy.
(Од http://samvak.tripod.com/brief-microsoft01.html)
Microsoft's office in Skopje, Macedonia, is so new, in fact, that media
requests are now being handled through a local PR agency, Publicis.
According to spokesman Sasho Duljanov, Microsoft will try to appease the
locals by, "developing programs for support of educational institutions,"
and through "...transfer of IT know-how to users through local
(Од http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20030808-042156-5360r.htm)
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