>> (grandma can use it) rule . > > Can we please stop using "grandma" as the canonical non-technical user? > The gender and age prejudice implicit in these statements only hurts > efforts to build a diverse development community (and makes the > community look like thoughtless jerks). > > If you don't personally know any technically competent older women (or > younger women, who may one day become "grandma"s themselves, without > losing any of their technical chops), i recommend getting to know more > people out of your own age/gender bracket (i'm assuming from the name in > your e-mail that you identify as male). > > Technically competent older women (some of whom are indeed grandmothers) > are not unicorns, but I wouldn't blame any of them for not wanting to > collaborate with a project that sees them only as "grandma".
Yes, do please stop. My great aunt, who passed away last month, was a computer programmer for a couple of decades after teaching for 30 years. T _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
