Dragomir Kojic of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) claims that illegal software accounts for more than 78 per cent of the IT market in Serbia.
Neighbouring Croatia has rate of 58 percent, the www.b92.net website quoted Kojic as saying.
Misa Ognjanovic, from Microsoft Serbia, was quoted as saying that most of the illegal software was bought by punters who may not even know it was hot.
Every fifth computer sold in Serbia "comes with already installed illegal software, she claimed.
Only 41.8 percent of computer distributors offer only original software and more than 57 percent of sellers "do not inform a buyer on possible legal actions over illegal software.
The average salary in Serbia is about 300 Euros a month, but the average cost of software of Voleware is about 800 euros. While Microsoft has looked at reducing software costs in places like China, the poorer places in Eastern Europe are often overlooked.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/...7/11/07/serbian-piracy-rampant
[Ovu poruku je menjao Gojko Vujovic dana 10.11.2007. u 18:43 GMT+1]