Originally posted by omer666
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1. Most of the work being done isn't even programming, as has been pointed out. Not that it matters, I'm just saying.
2. How the hell can I sit here and say "women are equal to men in FOSS" if, right here, out in the open, Women are being paid to do stuff that men have to do for free? It's a stupid program that is only designed to "bait" women who were previously uninterested in the Gnome project to work for them for money. Granted, this is a perfectly okay strategy (usually called "bounties") but why aren't men involved? Why can't they just have a general "Outreach Program" that aims to bring in ALL genders?
Lastly, why the hell do we "need" women in FOSS or Tech in general? I don't see people's obsession with forcing women into the industry simply to balance out the statistics. If a woman wants to join, sweet! Welcome her with open arms, punish the assholes who treat her bad (like the stuff in those stories) and go on with work as usual.
If only 30% of women are interested in tech enough to try out for a job, while 50% of men are (assuming a 50/50 split in genders), there's going to be more men than women. It's that simple. Making the workplace nicer for women is one thing, falling over ourselves to make them feel special just to get them "interested in Tech/FOSS" is quite another.
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