Free Software Linux

Well, not exactly, but that's we were asking for in an e-petition: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to adopt the Hague Declaration of the Digital Standards Organisation.” Details of Petition: “We call on the UK government to: (1) Procure only information technology that implements free and open standards; (2) Deliver e-government services based exclusively on free and open standards; (3) Use only free and open digital standards in their own activities. as adopted and proclaimed by the founders of the Digital Standards Organization in The Hague on 21 May 2008.”And this is what that nice Mr Brown replied:

On Wednesday, I introduced The Hague Declaration to those that visit this blog, promising to write again shortly to introduce the new organization that created the Declaration. That organization is called the Digital Standards Organization (Digistan, for short), and I'm pleased to say that I am one of its founders.

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