Svet Kompjutera

Svet Kompjutera (Computer World) (Started October 1984) is a computer magazine\npublished in Serbia and Montenegro. It is computer magazine with the highest\ncirculation in the country (e.g. in period from September till December 2002\ncirculation was 26,000 copies). "Svet Kompjutera" deals with subjects on home\nand PC computers and their use for work and entertainment. Its aim is to\ninform its readers on latest events on Yugoslav and world\ncomputer scene and to present products that it consider interesting for its readers.\nIts editorial sees as their main task to advise computer users on how to use their\nhardware and software in the best way. It is one of the editions of "Politika", one of the biggest\nmedia houses in the Balkans. It is published monthly and can be purchased in\nall newsstands in Yugoslavia. It can be found in the Macedonia, Slovenia\nand many other European countries, as well. Of course, it is possible to\nsubscribe to it from anywhere in the world. The magazine consists of at least 84 pages. Commercial advertisements make\n35% to 40% of the magazine. It is printed in colour and black-and-white in quality\ntiefdruck technology that is used for most world's magazines with large\ncirculation. The editorial staff has always consisted of young people - the average age is 26\nyears, and the average age of contributors is 20 years. Current (2003) Editor-In-Chief of "Svet Kompjutera" is Zoran Mosorinski. Current\nExecutive Editors are Tihomir Stancevic (everything but games) and Nenad Vasovic (games).

History

The first issue of the "Svet Kompjutera" was printed in October 1984. Ever\nsince, the magazine has dealt with small computers, from ZX Spectrum and\nCommodore 64, via Amiga to today's PCss. Most people famous in the Yugoslav, Serbian and Belgrade\ncomputer scene have been working for the "Svet Kompjutera". The first editor-in-chief\nwas Milan Misic, later "Politika's" correspondent from India and Japan, then\nforeign policy column editor, and now editor-in-chief in the same newspaper. Before\nsettling in another businesses, contributors to the development of the "Svet Kompjutera"\nwere the following individuals: Stanko Popovic (working independently in\ncomputer business), Stanko Stojiljkovic (editor-in-chief in "Novi Ekspres" daily\nnewspaper), Sergej Marcenko (marketing editor in political weekly magazine\n"NIN"), Andrija Kolundzic (working independently in computer business),\nAleksandar Radovanovic (working at the University of Pretoria, Republic of South\nAfrica), Voja Antonic, Dragoslav Jovanovic (working at the Belgrade University),\nJovan Puzovic (working at the Belgrade University), Nenad Balint (working in IT\ncompany in United Kingdom), Aleksandar Petrovic (manager of a software company\nin Canada), Dalibor Lanik (working as a programmer in Czech Republic) and many\nmany others. During 1986, when the home computers made the biggest boom, a games\nsubsection of the "Svet Kompjutera" started to evolve into a special issue "Svet Igara"\n(Games World). This issue was published from time to time as a supplement to\nthe games column in the magazine. Up until now, 14 issues have been published. The same year, "Svet Kompjutera" had a special edition in Russian\nthat was distributed to the former Soviet Union. "Computer Grand Prix", organized by the "ComputerWorld", is a contest for the\nbest hardware and software products on domestic market. Unfortunately, during UN\nsanctions, organized import of such products was not allowed, so it was not\npossible to organize this contest. Also, in 1988 the "Svet Kompjutera" organized "Computer '88", a small\ncomputer fair in the downtown Belgrade. It consisted of the exhibition and presentations,\nlectures and special broadcasts in Belgrade media.

External links

\n*http://www.sk.co.yu - Official site\n*http://www.sk.co.yu/info/english/about.html - English section of the site Category:Computer magazines