On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 12:06 +1000, Melissa Draper wrote: > Jeremy Anderson wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 14:30 +0530, Vid Ayer wrote: > > >> Its about singling a particular gender and drawing attention to them > >> and also the wording. ".. for ladies" tends to imply (even if > >> unintentional) that women dont use Linux. That is a problem as we are > >> still a minority (around 2% in FOSS). > > > > > > Would someone please direct me to this finding of 2%? Not fighting here > > I would just love to see it. It may be something that helps me look at > > this differently but I am not sure it can. Who are we going to blame > > that it is 2%? I am doing my part my daughter is two and can make it > > through many of the levels of supertux... Do we blame teachers? See > > the thing is IMHO that more women would be like you if you don't > > complain about this t-shirt and let these IMers in high school who are > > in a large part women/girls see the shirts out there and ask what it > > means? I have converted at least 10 Ladies in my family alone. 4 of my > > wife's friends (women) and they would never go back. I have sent them > > all this link and they think it is crazy that there is even an issue. > > Two women helped come up with it that I saw in an e-mail... > >>> I think everyone in the Ubuntu Community is awesome no > >>> matter what their gender, race, religion, etc… > >> I agree with you 101% .... and the community is what drew me to Ubuntu > >> 3 years ago. I dont even work in the IT industry and yet volunteer > >> simply coz I like the community. Talking of Linux in my country > >> (India), hardly any women volunteer in the Linux community from India. > >> We are a handful volunteers (almost negligible) while the Indian IT > >> industry has above 40% women working (read, paid workers). Its not > >> related to this issue but does not help making it an inclusive effort > >> either. > >> > >> > > Jeremy, > > Actually, Vid exaggerated the figure. It is rather, only 1.5% female > participation. > > The figure of 1.5% comes from the flosspols report, an EU funded study > into Open Source. You can find the report and the recommendations at > http://flosspols.org/ > > -- > Sincerely > Melissa Draper > > http://www.meldraweb.com > > Phone: 0404 595 395 > (intl): +61 404 595 395 > > P.O Box 1412 > Lavington, NSW 2641 >
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