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Red Hat Appoints Robyn Bergeron First Female Fedora Project Leader

Posted by timothy on from the cultural-barriers-be-damned dept.

darthcamaro writes "Red Hat is changing the leadership at the Fedora Project. Jared Smith is out after having been the Fedora Project Leader since June of 2010. In is Robyn Bergeron — who will be the first female leader of the open source project's history. Bergeron is well known in the community as she has most recently been the Fedora Program Manager."

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  1. New logo by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think the red fedora is about to become a pink glittery one :P

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  2. Re:Well the obvious question is... by ArcherB · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is she hot?

    I've done worse, and they didn't know Linux.

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  3. Re:s/First Female/Robyn Bergeron as/ by DesScorp · · Score: -1, Troll

    Gender should not matter.

    That's like saying "the sun shouldn't be hot".

    Look, if a woman is a great programmer, then she should be hired, I agree, strictly because she's a great programmer. But "stereotypes" exist for a reason: they have a basis in reality. There are always exceptions to the rule here and there, but men tend to be good at some things and women at others. The idea that "gender is a social construct" is as ludicrous as saying that calling up "up" is unfair, and that down deserves to be "up" too. The differences between men and women are wide and deep and visible at a very early age.

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