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Fedora Welcomes Women to FOSS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ladies-first dept.

nman64 writes "The Fedora Project, the project behind the Fedora Core Linux distribution, has introduced Fedora Women, a program to reach out to women who are interested in using and contributing to Fedora Core. This follows in the footsteps of LinuxChix, Debian Women, and Ubuntu Women and is part of a larger trend to support women in the FOSS world. At present, women are believed to make up only about 1.5% of the FOSS community. Is that finally set to change?"

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  1. Re:Not at all by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That only follows if you think the only talented people do IT.

    Only losers do 'IT.'

    Talented people hack real time embedded code, and write multimedia apps, and all kinds of cool stuff.

    'IT' is crackle-finish filing cabinets and the tards working at the help desk.

    And people who take 'certificates' like an MSCE serious....

    Think about it. And if it makes you mad, maybe you're misclassifying yourself as 'IT' when you're really something more. Or maybe you're in a rut with a crummy job and it's time to widen your future.

  2. Re:You guys don't get it by roman_mir · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think what you said was: 'blah blah blah, we need more titties'.

    I agree with you. More titties!.

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    You can't handle the truth.
  3. Yeah right.... by ruyon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When girls sucks at something, it's cultural, environmental issue. When boys sucks at something, it's because boys are just stupid.

    Yeah right.