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GNU-Friends Interviews
Jonas Öberg writes "GNU-Friends is doing a series of interviews with long-time free software hackers that I think people would be interested in. Check out interviews with Arnold Robbins, Karl Berry, Andrew L. Moore, Guido van Rossum, David MacKenzie and Chet Ramey. More to come, but that should keep people occupied for a few minutes." The GNU-Friends should have a show right after Superfriends.
So I can't even have friends anymore, I have to have GNU/Friends? Damn you RMS!
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...you would think that at least ONE of the first set of interviews could be with a girl or a woman... it's not as if there aren't any "free software hackers" who are ladies. hmm.--katie
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I read the interviews, and they don't tell you how to make GNU friends. We're stuck with our old D&D playing, zit faced, smelly friends until we can afford that 'vette.
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I wonder if the BSD people will be allowed to be interviewed. Anyway, naming this as "GNU Friends" is at least bizarre.
Who is the sexiest hacker in the BSD/Linux community? On the male side, Eric Raymond, Dick Stallman, Linus Torvald, Alan Cox, they all look terribly ugly and unattractive. Robert Love is kinda cute. Who else really could win the prize? What about female side? I can't think of anyone...
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The GNU-Friends should have a show right after Superfriends.
Yes - GNUperfriends!
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I mean here's Gnothing there.
I tried the link and my machine can't find the name gnu-friends.org - is this a new DNS entry that just hasn't propigated to around these parts yet, or is something wrong here?
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Karl Berry
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I have a few GNU/GPL friends, but unfortunately I have to share them with everyone.
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I seriously doubt that Jonas, the guy who runs GNU-Friends, is sexist in any way. And I for one would also like to see some interviews with some female hackers.
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If you mail the people who are running that site and suggest some female hackers who do good GPL'd work, I daresay you might actually see some of those interviews go up too. I know they'd attract a lot of attention, and they'd be a good change of pace, you're right.
Now, not to be sexist, I know that there are GNU hackers out there that are female, but I really can't think of any of their names off of the top of my head. Many people have heard of some of the core GNU hackers, but I'm having a hard time remembering the names of some of the female ones I've heard about.
Change that! Mail the people at gnu-friends and make some suggestions! Please just don't sit back and gripe about the lack of interviews with women if you're not willing to suggest anyone.
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Only one in a hundred, if Rishab Ghosh's FLOSS Survey is a representative sample.
I've found that the female programmers I know are some of the most interesting, intelligent, well-spoken, and polite people I've ever met. And they give good interviews.
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Someone already mentioned Telsa Gwynne (although she isn't a programmer), but how about Val Hanson and Jenn Vesperman? I'm gonna talk this over with some friends and see who else we can come up with. Hopefully the interviews I've linked to can tide you over.:P Apparently Newsforge is doing a series on women in open source, although I don't think that should get any one else off the hook... Oh yeah, I'd just like to say that I don't think that the author(s) of the original interviews are sexist... I just think they could stand to work towards being more inclusive... In the end, that will inspire more women to get involved in what is ultimately an ALIENATING community. Which can only lead to positive input and the general growth of the community.--katie
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