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Petition demands Vista price cuts in UK
News Anger over the issue has prompted an e-petition on a government website that acts as a forum for public petitions. The petition is posted on the 10 Downing Street section of the government site and will be sent to the prime minister's office after...
[February 23, 2007, 12:29]
Nasa hacker petition tops 4,000
Blog Over 4,000 people have now signed a petition that people with Asperger's Syndrome should not be extradited, directed at the Prime Minister's Office. The petition directly refers to Gary McKinnon, the man accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest...
[June 15, 2009, 15:17]
Over 10,000 sign BBC iPlayer petition
News More than 10,000 people have signed an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website urging the BBC to make its iPlayer available to non-Windows users. At the time of writing, 10,006 people had signed the petition calling for the prime minister to...
[July 24, 2007, 8:21]
Sign the Bletchley Park e-petition
Blog There's a 10 Downing Street e-petition that needs your name on it. As you know, Bletchley Park is under threat. The iconic site is crumbling and desperately needs the external funding that befits its place in British computing history.
[July 30, 2008, 12:40]
Microsoft criticised for Open XML petition
News An online petition set up by Microsoft to fast-track the standardisation of its Office Open XML document format masks Redmond's concern over the procedure, according to a leading open-source advocate.
[April 5, 2007, 14:12]
Thousands back petition to open source OS/2
Talkback Lets give it a try everybody sign the petition http://tinyurl.com/86ztv
[July 21, 2005, 11:44]
PC users start petition to stop chip bias
News A group of computer users have taken issue with Intel's dominance in the consumer CPU marketplace and started an online petition to encourage motherboard manufacturers to adopt AMD chips instead. The petition states: It is very important to us as...
[November 11, 1999, 14:37]
Nasa hacker petition presented to Number 10
Blog Sting's wife Trudie Styler and Janis Sharp have presented a petition to Number 10 calling for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon not to be extradited to the US. Styler, and Sharp, who is McKinnon's mother, presented the petition to Sarah Brown, the Prime...
[July 3, 2009, 17:27]
iPlayer petition wins 16,000 signatures
News More than 16,000 people have now signed an e-petition protesting about the way the BBC has rolled out its on-demand TV service, iPlayer. The deadline for the e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website passes today — and then it is up to the...
[August 21, 2007, 8:23]
PM petition growing by 1,000 a day now!
Talkback The petition is here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/ You can help send the message to the BBC that single-platform lock-in is *not acceptable* by adding your name to the petition - it will take you less than a minute.
[July 26, 2007, 10:07]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog The government has rejected a petition calling for extra funding to save Bletchley Park, the base for the UK's codebreakers during World War II. The petition, which gained just under 22,000 signatories before it shut on 28 May, asked the prime...
[August 26, 2009, 12:55]
Sign the Bletchley Park e-petition
Blog Comment Non-UK residents can sign this petition: http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/20873.html For more info about the Campaign: http://www.savebletchleypark.com
[July 31, 2008, 1:23]
A petition to No.10
Talkback There is another petition, to the PM, concerning the price differential of software in the UK vs the USA. It is at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Software-Prices/ This has not had a lot of signatures, so could do with a few more.
[April 27, 2007, 8:57]
Thousands back petition to open source OS/2
News Nearly 10,000 people have signed a petition calling on IBM to publish the source code of OS/2. Since this announcement, a petition on community site OS/2 World calling for IBM to make the source code of the operating system publicly available has...
[July 19, 2005, 17:35]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment Downing Street's response — or lack of response — to the Save Bletchley Petition, signed by almost 22,000 people, is a disgrace and a slap in the face to the thousands of people that worked there. We just got comment in from Sue Black, one of the...
[August 28, 2009, 9:33]
Thousands back petition to open source OS/2
Talkback Ibm should open sourced it's OS/2 and if possible it's Lotus Office Suite as well. Since both are heading towards it "End of Life" stages, it won't affect IBM at all but yes for the public.
[July 20, 2005, 6:26]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment Bletchley is also a really fascinating place to visit. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly and the exhibits well researched and well laid out. Suitable for all ages. It is well worth spending the time to see the place.
[August 27, 2009, 14:18]
Thousands back petition to open source OS/2
Talkback Well, if IBM is afraid of possible future IP infringement claims then why not keeping it closed source and handing over the source code (licensing) to another company ? maybe Serenity Systems ? This company could prevent IP infringement claims by...
[July 20, 2005, 17:51]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment I Agree it is an absolute bloody shambles! the first minds of computer science where created and grown there and went on to develop and work in other important institutions the world over, both in education and defense of the free world during the...
[August 27, 2009, 16:03]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment Gutting isn't it, that a couple of million - maybe less - couldn't be found to make this site into a wonderful example of British ingenuity under extreme duress and tiny resource, while squillions are squandered on the Olympics (which is where the...
[August 28, 2009, 9:33]
