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NewsForge: A Successful Conference on Software Localization in the Balkans

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 17, 2005

“During the first three days of July, 25 Central and Eastern
Europeans gathered for a three day conference in Belgrade, Serbia,
to discuss localization of free software in the Balkans. Vedran
Vucic of the Belgrade Linux Center organized the conference so
Europeans could network and discuss future regional localization
projects.

“With financial backing from the Open Society Institute
Information Program, a primary goal of the conference was to bring
together people who have been working on translating free software
to their native languages…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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