Russian authorities recognized the problems with the transition to the domestic software and intend to fight for accelerating the pace of import substitution. The company “Almy Partner” complained about the difficulty, the leadership of which believes that the Russian software does not want to buy in government agencies, Kommersant writes.
Developer sent a letter to the Vice Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. The on April 6 gave instructions to the Ministry of Industry and Communist Party, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance and other ministries. In the Ministry of Media confirmed its receipt.
The level of substitution of foreign software by Russian falls since 2019. In the Almi Partner, it is believed that unreasonable barriers are put in place of state promenes, because of which it is impossible to obtain a contract.
Since 2016, government agencies must purchase software from a special register of domestic software. Exceptions are allowed if there are no foreign analogs in it. It was assumed that by 2021 the share of Russian software in government agencies will reach 60 percent.
Companing of a company that develops the Alteros operating system and the AlterOffice office software package, and supported other domestic developers. The CEO of the developer of the “P7-office” Natalia Agafonova reminded that the requirements for a foreign company are specifically prescribed in public procurement.
In turn, the head of the Board of Directors of the developer Basealt Alexei Smirnov noted that the main problem of import substitution remains the sharpening of state information systems under Windows. At the same time, he believes that in the near future the situation will deteriorate, as the Ministry of Media intends to simplify access to the domestic software register.
If the initiative passes, the development with minor changes will be considered to be considered. The company will receive a patent in Rospatent on it, and until he is challenged in court, it will have exceptional rights to software. However, he stressed Smirnov, in fact the company may not have any attitude to the development, that is, the transition to Russian software will take place only on paper.
Earlier, the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller warned that if the company fell to go to the domestic software on the general basis, then financial problems are expected.
A year ago, the Ministry of Communications, then the Ministry of Communications, on behalf of Vladimir Putin’s president, developed a decree on the transition to domestic software and equipment until January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, respectively. In November 2020, the deadlines were shifted for three years, since it turned out that there are no analogues of foreign developments in Russia and it is impossible to develop them in the shortest possible time.