The Ada Initiative For Supporting Women In Open Tech Is Ending

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Ada Initiative For Supporting Women In Open Tech Is Ending

The Ada Initiative, which carries a tag line of "supporting women in open technology and culture", is shutting down in October after four years of being a 501(c)3 non-profit...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ada-Initiative-End

[bug77]

What a bunch of loonies. As a software developer I have worked with women almost constantly over the past 10+ years and never have I heard one complaint about the working environment. Of course, with girls being so few in a team, we don't talk very often about cooking and make-up, but that's not harassing.
Also, I have never heard about "pornography in slides". Never ever.

[k1l_]

What a bunch of loonies. As a software developer I have worked with women almost constantly over the past 10+ years and never have I heard one complaint about the working environment. Of course, with girls being so few in a team, we don't talk very often about cooking and make-up, but that's not harassing.
Also, I have never heard about "pornography in slides". Never ever.

thats because you are a misogynist!!!!11111 </feminists>

[Passso]

Now get back to your kitchen!!! </machists>

[Luke_Wolf]

What a bunch of loonies. As a software developer I have worked with women almost constantly over the past 10+ years and never have I heard one complaint about the working environment. Of course, with girls being so few in a team, we don't talk very often about cooking and make-up, but that's not harassing.
Also, I have never heard about "pornography in slides". Never ever.

Yeah... I saw the porno in slides thing and I'm left going... "um... what? [Citation Needed]". It's possible that it happened once somewhere, but I seriously doubt that it ever did, and it was certainly not something that would normally happen.

[torsionbar28]

The entire premise of this organization, that women must be pushed, prodded, and cooerced into working with computers, is degrading to women.

[TheBlackCat]

The entire premise of this organization, that women must be pushed, prodded, and cooerced into working with computers, is degrading to women.

Strawman much?

[TheBlackCat]

What a bunch of loonies. As a software developer I have worked with women almost constantly over the past 10+ years and never have I heard one complaint about the working environment.

Yes, that is a great way for them to end their career.

Of course, with girls being so few in a team, we don't talk very often about cooking and make-up, but that's not harassing.

With that sort of attitude, I can't imagine why women wouldn't be jumping at the opportunity to be on your team.

[torsionbar28]

Strawman much?

-roll eyes- No, you're right, women are too silly and foolish to be attracted to IT on their own, they can't possibly make that kind of decision without some pink flowery marketing hype.

[bug77]

With that sort of attitude, I can't imagine why women wouldn't be jumping at the opportunity to be on your team.

Wth does that mean? There should be a minimal level of cooking and make-up talk in every team so that women don't feel like outsiders?
FYI, I enjoy working with women and in a few cases we still keep in touch long after the team is no more.