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GNOME Reaches Out to Women

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-the-ladies-in-the-house dept.

Dominic Hargreaves writes "This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's Summer of Code program, yet none were from women. As a result, they've decided to address this imbalance by launching an outreach program to sponsor three female students to work on GNOME-related projects this summer." Most any science department will tell you that the amount of interest and involvement of women pales next to men of similar age and background. Is this sponsorship a creative way to get women interested in GNOME, or is it merely sexist?

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  1. What kind of projects? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like tampon inventory stuff?

  2. gnome's interest by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: -1, Troll

    it's simple really ... this outreach program is just a cover. it's really so that they can show these chicks "hey, check out this awesome cvs commit baby" and try to make a move

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  3. Re:Unique by Teresita · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gnome has "emblems" for icons that comes straight from the boy scouts and the military. KDE is all Fischer-Price and "OMG!! Ponies!!" and apps take forever to launch because they have to put their face on.

  4. Re:Linux and girlfriends by Teresita · · Score: 0, Troll

    Some say that having a lifeline to Windows with a dual boot set up is kind of girly.

  5. Re:If they aren't interested... by Empty_One · · Score: -1, Troll
    The girls just don't seem to realise that it can be fun to sit down and scratch an itch once in a while.
    So, did this turn anyone else on?
  6. Hmm by aitikin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe it's because women are smart enough to like KDE?

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