Macedonia, which hopes to transform itself into a regional tech center, could not be more proud of nine-year-old Marko Calasan, who recently became one of the world's youngest Microsoft Certified System Engineers. The problem is that without serious state or private support Marko can't see much of a future in the landlocked Balkan country that declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Marko wowed his parents, educators and the public in one of Europe's poorest countries years before it set the school computer plan into motion. At the age six, Marko had his first systems administrator credential from Microsoft. He became an instant media celebrity across the Balkans in December when he became a Certified System Engineer, a title difficult to obtain even by more veteran computer system engineers. Marko teaches eight- to 11-year
