MICROSOFT HASN’T DECIDED THE MEANS OF STRUGGLE YET
A1+
[04:58 pm] 06 February, 2007
The program packets of Microsoft are sold by the European prices in
Armenia. For instance, one and the same program costs 399$ in America
and 399~@ in Europe.
The non-licensed packets of Microsoft are especially common in
Armenia. Grigor Barseghyan, head of the Microsoft Armenian office
doesn’t know for sure how they can combat against this phenomenon. He
merely advises to buy the packets while purchasing computers.
Otherwise, the price of the packet doubles.
The RA Government signed a contract with Microsoft a week ago
under which all the educational packets of Microsoft will be used
in the educational system of Armenia. Both students and professors
will have a chance to train free of charge. The company will share
its experience and knowledge to contribute to the development of
informative technologies.
Mr. Barseghyan informed A1+ that the Armenian variant of "Office 2007"
will be ready in autumn. Microsoft Word, Word XP have already been
translated into Armenian which will eliminate the language barrier
and make computers available for the users.