[Fsf-friends] FSF meet

[sujith h]

On 4/27/07, Amol Hatwar <amol at hatwar.org> wrote:
>
> 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!!!


I am really sorry for this.

> 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?


That's what we need to think about. Because its not as easy as we think.
But its not impossible too!!!

Sujith Haridasan

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