"Svet Kompjutera" deals with subjects on home and PC computers and their use for work and entertainment. Its aim is to inform its readers on latest events on Yugoslav and world computer scene and to present products that it consider interesting for its readers. Its editorial sees as their main task to advise computer users on how to use their hardware and software in the best way.
It is one of the editions of "Politika", one of the biggest media houses in the Balkans. It is published monthly and can be purchased in all newsstands in Yugoslavia. It can be found in the Macedonia, Slovenia and many other European countries, as well. Of course, it is possible to subscribe to it from anywhere in the world.
The magazine consists of at least 84 pages. Commercial advertisements make 35% to 40% of the magazine. It is printed in colour and black-and-white in quality tiefdruck technology that is used for most world's magazines with large circulation.
The editorial staff has always consisted of young people - the average age is 26 years, and the average age of contributors is 20 years.
Current (2003) Editor-In-Chief of "Svet Kompjutera" is Zoran Mosorinski. Current Executive Editors are Tihomir Stancevic (everything but games) and Nenad Vasovic (games).
The first issue of the "Svet Kompjutera" was printed in October 1984. Ever
since, the magazine has dealt with small computers, from ZX Spectrum and
Commodore 64, via Amiga to today's PCss.
Most people famous in the Yugoslav, Serbian and Belgrade
computer scene have been working for the "Svet Kompjutera". The first editor-in-chief
was Milan Misic, later "Politika's" correspondent from India and Japan, then
foreign policy column editor, and now editor-in-chief in the same newspaper. Before
settling in another businesses, contributors to the development of the "Svet Kompjutera"
were the following individuals: Stanko Popovic (working independently in
computer business), Stanko Stojiljkovic (editor-in-chief in "Novi Ekspres" daily
newspaper), Sergej Marcenko (marketing editor in political weekly magazine
"NIN"), Andrija Kolundzic (working independently in computer business),
Aleksandar Radovanovic (working at the University of Pretoria, [[Republic of South
Africa]]), Voja Antonic, Dragoslav Jovanovic (working at the Belgrade University),
Jovan Puzovic (working at the Belgrade University), Nenad Balint (working in IT
company in United Kingdom), Aleksandar Petrovic (manager of a software company
in Canada), Dalibor Lanik (working as a programmer in Czech Republic) and many
many others.
During 1986, when the home computers made the biggest boom, a games
subsection of the "Svet Kompjutera" started to evolve into a special issue "Svet Igara"
(Games World). This issue was published from time to time as a supplement to
the games column in the magazine. Up until now, 14 issues have been published.
The same year, "Svet Kompjutera" had a special edition in Russian
that was distributed to the former Soviet Union.
"Computer Grand Prix", organized by the "ComputerWorld", is a contest for the
best hardware and software products on domestic market. Unfortunately, during UN
sanctions, organized import of such products was not allowed, so it was not
possible to organize this contest.
Also, in 1988 the "Svet Kompjutera" organized "Computer '88", a small
computer fair in the downtown Belgrade. It consisted of the exhibition and presentations,
lectures and special broadcasts in Belgrade medias.
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