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Chat => General => Topic started by: Cherry_Ripe on February 28, 2007, 09:59:42 am

Title: Petition 10 Downing Street
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 28, 2007, 09:59:42 am

There is now a petition at Number 10 to get Microsoft to lower its prices for Vista in the UK: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/VistaOvercharge/

Whilst I don't like big differences in price between the USA and the UK I wonder if the Government would be likely to do anything about what a company decides to charge for its products. Nobody is forced to upgrade to Vista, there are several alternative operating systems around.

Title: Petition 10 Downing Street
Post by: kevvosa on February 28, 2007, 10:23:58 am

I personally think there are more important issues to petition against. Petitions never seem to do any good anyway. 

Title: Petition 10 Downing Street
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 28, 2007, 10:51:04 am

Quote from: kevvosa

I personally think there are more important issues to petition against. Petitions never seem to do any good anyway. 

Indeed. I bet Number 10 is wishing it never started its petition site now!

Title: Petition 10 Downing Street
Post by: smurfboy on February 28, 2007, 07:43:17 pm

Especially since the biggest petition is against the government's proposed congestion charges!

Title: Petition 10 Downing Street
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 01, 2007, 08:10:18 am

I signed that road tolling petition and the email that Tony Blair sent out to everyone who signed it basically said he was going to ignore it anyway.

Title: Petition 10 Downing Street
Post by: smurfboy on March 01, 2007, 07:08:00 pm

Vista isn't that expensive anyway.