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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Ban the teaching of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Word, in schools. More details

Submitted by Alexander Wright – Deadline to sign up by: 19 May 2007 – Signatures: 256

Petition update, 07 June 2007

You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "Ban the teaching of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Word, in schools."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11879.asp

Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

Taxpayers' money is being used to bolster Microsoft's monopoly position in the office suite market by teaching children from an early age only to use Microsoft Word. This practice also wastes money buying licenses when there are free office suites available, such as OpenOffice. If schools switched to using and teaching open source software, more money would be freed up to pay for teaching staff. Students would also not have to pay for proprietary software to continue their studies.

Current signatories

Alexander Wright, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • sarah Pantry
  • D. Reece
  • Emily Baldock
  • Ian Crawford
  • Pete Jordan
  • H. Herbert
  • Martin Owens
  • Paul Vigay
  • jess hampshire
  • Diana Howe
  • John M Ward
  • Richard Porter
  • Ian Patterson
  • Anthony Todd
  • Helena Gardner
  • Tim Evans
  • Steve Ashton
  • Jonothon Nihill
  • Colin Ian King
  • Geoffrey Clare
  • Lambros Lambrou
  • Ruth Gunstone
  • Marianne Ibbotson
  • Helen Alley
  • Paul Horth
  • Kevin Greenfield
  • Allen Brooker
  • Jonathan Rothwell
  • James Boag
  • Adam Graves
  • J Adshead
  • Dr Neil Skelland
  • Thomas Lancaster
  • John Rudkin
  • T G Costick
  • Tony Quinn
  • Charles S, Monck
  • Mark Iliff
  • David Le Hunte
  • Richard Bolland
  • Julie Bowring
  • Adrian Portway
  • Luke Blaney
  • Thomas McEwan
  • Jeff Silver
  • John McCourt
  • Will Burton
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  • mrs s royal
  • Mike Nolan
  • James Timmons
  • Colin
  • William Woodhead
  • George Ricks
  • brad clark
  • Paul Bullough
  • Craig Rodway
  • Robert Parker
  • David Boyd
  • Neville A. Daniels
  • Samuel George
  • Elizabeth Jarvis
  • Clive Down
  • Chris Curtis
  • Benjamin Youd
  • Dan Bishop
  • Alexander Douglas
  • Michelle Harris
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