Hi all,

The Software Sustainability Institute (http://www.software.ac.uk/) in the UK is running a petition:

http://bit.ly/SoftwareIsFundamental

I wanted to pass it along, and to encourage you to read it and if it speaks to you, to both consider signing and to pass it on to others.

-Matt

PS If you're going to SC14, be sure to come to the WSSSPE workshop, where this topic and others will be the subject of productive discussion!