<quote who="Alan Cox"> > On Maw, 2005-03-08 at 19:09, Rob Adams wrote: > > Of course, I see no reason why women can't be hackers. I don't see > > anything in the culture that should keep women out. In fact, from what > > I can tell, most IT organizations and schools bend over backwards to try > > to get women. > > I see things that keep groups of people out. Not just women either. The > "in your face" approach of many free software projects may well fit > American males and the like but it doesn't seem to fit Asian culture or > perhaps western female culture.
And this affects the best and least American of us, at times. I recall one prominent developer (not necessarily of GNOME) talking about rather violent acts with a butter knife on another list. *cough* :-) - Jeff -- gnome.conf.au 2005: April 19th http://live.gnome.org/Canberra2005 "I can't imagine anyone telling Emma Bunton to shut up. It would be rather like slapping Bambi." _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
