On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 10:51 +0530, sujith h wrote:
Surprisingly about 7 girls also turned up!
You mean women. Depending on what mood you're in "girls" can be derogatory.
Girls should also be brought under the Free Software community.
^^^^^^^^ Women!!!
The link given below clearly specifies some of the reasons why contribution from women lacks in our community and how to encourage women to use Free Software.
The fact is true for Free Software, but even more apparent if you consider the global IT scene. I remember ACM taking some initiatives last year but haven't really followed up on what happened.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/
So we also need contribution from their side too.
Sure :). But then again, posting links aside, what are we really doing to encourage them?
Just my two pence,
Amol Hatwar