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EU Funds New FLOSS Survey on Skills, Employment

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the high-tech-census dept.

rishab writes "The EU-funded FLOSSPOLS project is carrying out a survey of developers worldwide. This is a follow-up to the original FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) survey in 2002, which was one of the first and most comprehensive surveys of developers - who they are, how they work and why they do it. The new survey aims to provide an update, include new developers, and answer some of the questions that were raised by the first one. In particular, how do developer communities help in learning skills and generating employment, and why is the level of participation by women so low?"

6 of 166 comments (clear)

  1. Isnt it obvious? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and why is the level of participation by women so low?

    As The Amazing Fish Boy put it in a reply:
    I'd think her popularity would increase with the amount of sucking.

    Indeed. As illustrated by this excellent graph:

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    we need more women in the IT field. How are we geeks ever going to get laid unless we find ourselves in an IT management position with a delicious beaut in need of a promotion?

  2. Women by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They don't have the aptitude, maybe? Flamebait yes, but studies have shown.

  3. Fuck Generalizations, Fuck Women by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    SLASHDOT! Stop generalizing about Women you are the last people in the world who should be talking about women.

    P.S. Women are for fucking.

  4. Women do contribute by varmittang · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After a long day of programming, there is nothing better than a woman putting her arms around you to give you the strength to keep going. We don't just do it for ourselves. We do it for others, that can't do it for themselves.

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  5. WooHoo! Bunfight! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So, is there a feminine form of "Troll" ?

    If a guy claps in a forest and there are no feminists to hear him,

    Is he still a bastard?

  6. Death To women's Rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm a freesoftware developer.
    Death To women's Rights.

    --MikeeUSA-