Hi Andrew,
It's great to read about your "experimentalism" -- my experience of learning
about computers is similar.
I don't think there's much to be gained from wishing that Stallman would
drop inconvenient beliefs; Skype is probably the best example of non-Free
software out there, by the way, an
Hi all,
I also read Val Henson's HOWTO on encouraging women to be part of the FLOSS
community, and agree with the main thrust of her message. However, I share
Matt's ambivalence about the advice to liberally dispense compliments. If
a guy only gives a compliment when he really means it, or does
Hi all,
I think that Dennis K raised a good point, which I'd like to clarify.
As far as we know, the gap between women in open source development and
closed-source development is something like 1.5% (some estimate 5%) versus
28%, which everyone would agree is concerningly low. Even if it were 10
Hi Brianna,
Thanks for responding to my comment. I have a few follow-up questions:
*QUESTION ONE: Is the 50/50 goal realistic?*
I raised the 50/50 goal because of comments such as this, which I've come
across in many discussions:
*"...then maybe it makes sense to give a damn about why half the
Hi Russell,
Thanks for these links. They make for sobering reading.
There are at least two discussions in this thread:
1. What ratio of men and women should we consider both desirable and
realistic?
2. Is the current extremely small number of women in Free Software due
to the behavi
