Today, something happened that might start a new era in our whole country believe it or not people.
Serbia: Microsoft Opens Centre in Belgrade
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12:45 - 28 September 2005 - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met with a Microsoft delegation headed by the company’s Southeast Europe General Manager, Christopher Brennan, who said that Serbia has great potentials in the information technology (IT) industry, for which reason the world’s biggest software company has decided to open a development centre in Belgrade.
Besides Serbia, Microsoft has development centres in the United States, China, and India.
Kostunica said that the opening of the centre is very important for generations of Serbian IT experts, who will be given the opportunity and good working conditions to stay in their own country.
Microsoft Serbia-Montenegro Manager Dejan Cvetkovic said that the opening of such a centre puts Serbia at the heart of the world technology map, and he added that other companies should follow in Microsoft’s footsteps.
The center was the fifth of its kind outside the United States, said Dejan Cvetkovic, Microsoft's representative in Belgrade. The U.S. software giant has invested US$20 million (euro17 million) so far in Serbia, Cvetkovic said, expressing hope investments would double next year.
U.S. Ambassador Michael Polt said the opening of the Microsoft center was a "show of confidence of international investors" in Serbia.
The center manager, Bodin Dresevic, said it would focus on software programs for handwriting recognition for Tablet PCs and strive to developing a program for recognition of the Serbian language. The center would shortly advertise job openings and hire computer experts from Serbia, he said.
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Serbia: Microsoft Opens Centre in Belgrade
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12:45 - 28 September 2005 - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met with a Microsoft delegation headed by the company’s Southeast Europe General Manager, Christopher Brennan, who said that Serbia has great potentials in the information technology (IT) industry, for which reason the world’s biggest software company has decided to open a development centre in Belgrade.
Besides Serbia, Microsoft has development centres in the United States, China, and India.
Kostunica said that the opening of the centre is very important for generations of Serbian IT experts, who will be given the opportunity and good working conditions to stay in their own country.
Microsoft Serbia-Montenegro Manager Dejan Cvetkovic said that the opening of such a centre puts Serbia at the heart of the world technology map, and he added that other companies should follow in Microsoft’s footsteps.
The center was the fifth of its kind outside the United States, said Dejan Cvetkovic, Microsoft's representative in Belgrade. The U.S. software giant has invested US$20 million (euro17 million) so far in Serbia, Cvetkovic said, expressing hope investments would double next year.
U.S. Ambassador Michael Polt said the opening of the Microsoft center was a "show of confidence of international investors" in Serbia.
The center manager, Bodin Dresevic, said it would focus on software programs for handwriting recognition for Tablet PCs and strive to developing a program for recognition of the Serbian language. The center would shortly advertise job openings and hire computer experts from Serbia, he said.
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