I found this to be good for when some asks you why you use Linux. http://www.kmfms.com/whatsbad.html
Jason On Wednesday 09 October 2002 12:15, you wrote: > Also... > > http://zgp.org/~dmarti/linuxmanship/ > > Which doesn't really address sexism, more the other point of the original > thread. That being us calling something Micro$oft Windoze rather than > referring to it as a Legacy Microsoft Windows Product. > > I still disagree in that joking is wrong in this forum, but it is a > valuable read. Especially for the anti-suit types (that'd be me) who deal > with suits all the time. > > And since even the word Legacy makes me mad (I hear it tied to Netware all > the > time), I think referring to Legacy Microsoft solutions as such should meet > my > need for bashing them. Because it is bashing them. Just in a more subtle, > and polite way. > > The Girls stuff, I have to say, I didn't mention it because I'm with Aaron > 100% on that... > Kev. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) some quick notes > > On Wednesday 09 October 2002 09:12, Shawn Grover wrote: > > Aaron, I don't think the fact that there are fewer women than men in the > > tech fields has much to do with a "boys club mentality". I think it has > > more to do with the fact that there are fewer women in math related > > fields - more because a womans brain does work a bit differently than > > mens, and > > as > > > I understand it, most women do not understand the math and/or logic > > required. (disclaimer - that is simply my own observation based on my own > > experiences with women in the field, and a few reports I have read over > > time). > > you may want to read this HOWTO: http://www.nmt.edu/~val/howto.html > > when i'm talking to female professionals (which there are lots of in just > about every field outside of technology these days) and they ask how many > women are in the Free software community, I have to give them the > unfortunate > but obvious answer ("relatively few") . then they usually ask with honest > curiosity, "why?" i hate that question, because the answer is not one i'm > proud of. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Van Dellen Trilogy-Net Inc. #4; 1935 - 27Ave NE Calgary, AB T2E 7E4 www.trilogy-net.com Phone (403) 219-8868 Fax (403) 219-8860 Cell (403) 815-1626 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
