> I've missed loads, I didn't realise there were so many. > I know, i was just looking too - there really are loads!
> > communities are often "boys-clubs", they are not limited to boys > only. > Unfortunately, the statistics disagree with you. For what ever reason > the FOSS community is almost completely male and left to itself I > don't think it will change. Women only groups are a reaction to the > situation and part of the solution, but they are not the final > solution. I think, (and without starting WW3 here) that the statistics are linked to a whole lot more. Women have always been welcome to join in these communities. (or at least for a long time ?? don't know how it was in the 80s). But: 1: Perhaps as they are seen as "boys-clubs" women are more reluctant to join ?? 2: I think in general, guys are more competitive (in an alpha male sense), and the FOSS world is a great place to show off 3: When we had a computer room back in my primary school (running commodore 64s) - there was a 10 or even 20:1 ratio playing really bad games. Generally, the girls just laughed as us :) In high school, the same. And now in my office - most of the guys have WIIs/PS3s or whatever - and the girls say "yes there boyfriends have one". I REALLY don't know what it is - but guys just seem to be more into this type of stuff. 3 pt 2: My girlfriend can find the Firefox button on my desktop whether its in windows or linux. She doesn't care which OS she is in. As much as i TRY and sell linux - she REALLY doesn't care :) I don't know what the younger generations are like (ratio wise), but i suspect the ratio between is decreasing along with the old "nerd/geek" image that we "the nerds & geeks" had. (Sorry, that got quite long - ill just stop here) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
