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Presentation of free software in Kragujevac
Kragujevac,
21 April 2008
Serbian Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society Aleksandra Smiljanic said today in Kragujevac that within a mere two weeks more than 20,000 people and companies downloaded free Serbian language software from the ministry’s website.
Speaking at a presentation of free Serbian language software, Smiljanic said that the software in question is the GNU/Linux operative systems Fedora and Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. She added that this is the first time that the state has invested in the localisation of free software.
She said that the project cost RSD 8 million, and explained that several software tools for office use and surfing and email software will also be localised and adapted for use in the Serbian language.
According to Smiljanic, the software can be downloaded free of charge and is available to all on the websites of the Belgrade faculties of mathematics and organisational sciences and the Nis Faculty of Electronic Engineering.
In doing so the ministry has made basic computer software more accessible to small firms, schools, state institutions and the general public, or all those who wish to use legal software but cannot afford to pay for it, she said and added that this also makes it possible for all those who do not know English to use computers.
According to Smiljanic, the ministry will soon announce a tender in the areas of e-administration and electronic public purchase, as part of a project for cost reduction and the publication of the entire administrative procedure on the internet.
A rule book on licences for fixed and wireless internet access will be published soon, she said and noted that there will be three licences offered for every district.
Representatives of Nis and Belgrade universities also addressed the conference today.
Smiljanic will also attend a presentation of free Serbian language software in Nis.
She said that the project cost RSD 8 million, and explained that several software tools for office use and surfing and email software will also be localised and adapted for use in the Serbian language.
According to Smiljanic, the software can be downloaded free of charge and is available to all on the websites of the Belgrade faculties of mathematics and organisational sciences and the Nis Faculty of Electronic Engineering.
In doing so the ministry has made basic computer software more accessible to small firms, schools, state institutions and the general public, or all those who wish to use legal software but cannot afford to pay for it, she said and added that this also makes it possible for all those who do not know English to use computers.
According to Smiljanic, the ministry will soon announce a tender in the areas of e-administration and electronic public purchase, as part of a project for cost reduction and the publication of the entire administrative procedure on the internet.
A rule book on licences for fixed and wireless internet access will be published soon, she said and noted that there will be three licences offered for every district.
Representatives of Nis and Belgrade universities also addressed the conference today.
Smiljanic will also attend a presentation of free Serbian language software in Nis.
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