On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Uri Even-Chen <u...@speedy.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:08, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <ladyp...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Clarification: even though I forwarded this to the list as part of my
> > role as co-webmaster of haifux, and as a service to the community, I
> > strongly join guy's view, and more:
> >
> > Please do not embarrass Haifux/Linux-il by declaring yourselves as
> > members, when taking part in a stereotypic low-denominator TV program.
>
> I suppose you don't expect pretty young girls to use Linux. So I guess
> you think the men who use Linux are all geeks?
>

I think there are many geeks (and I do not mean "hnoonim"=socially
challenged , but people who are autodidact, keen on technology/science, have
a lot of enthusiasm and proud of it) in the FOSS community, both male and
female. I doubt the production was looking for the females, though, when
they asked me to forward this.


> Uri Even-Chen
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> E-mail: u...@speedy.net
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>



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Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
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