First off, I am female. I work in the tech industry as a ISP tech. I have been sidelined by my boss as he encourages my mail coworkers to take over more networking responsibilities. I have been told not to expect my job to change because I'm so good at holding our customers hands.
I went in for a job interview for an Assistant Unix Admin. I was forced to take a typing test and told that a Receptionist job was open and that might suit me better. I'm not whining. I just want to demonstrate that women in this industry have to do everything better, faster and smarter than their male counterparts. It's a challenge, but it sure beats working as some pointy haired bosses secretary.
To the women out there, just be better.
To the men, remember that while someone who looks like Natalie Portman may be nice now, Beauty fades. Wouldn't it be really cool to have a SO that likes grokking Linux and doesn't begrudge you the money you spent on that new Palm?
Evidently you have decided that we must all cater to the lowest common denominator. Our schools do it, newspapers, television, I refuse to lower myself down to using one screen just because someone else can't comprehend it. One size does not fit all. If you're going to use that argument, Don't read books, some people are illiterate! Don't use the web, some people don't understand!
The average user needs to have us help them configure things. I'm not saying my grandmother should run GNU/Linux, she should use what ever is easy to use and works. But she should have the choice. My mechanic fixes my car, I fix their network so they can order parts. Do what you do best and use what works best for you.
One Last Thing, in KDE you can turn the virtual desktops off.
Might be off subject, but National Public Radio did try to cover the tensions in high schools. It wasn't as unbiased as it could be, but much better than network tv. www.npr.org, April 27, All Things Considered. They interviewed several students, parents, a psychologist, professional techie, etc.
Lets support news sources that don't immediately reduce stories to soundbites and inflammatory comments.
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First off, I am female. I work in the tech industry as a ISP tech. I have been sidelined by my boss as he encourages my mail coworkers to take over more networking responsibilities. I have been told not to expect my job to change because I'm so good at holding our customers hands.
I went in for a job interview for an Assistant Unix Admin. I was forced to take a typing test and told that a Receptionist job was open and that might suit me better. I'm not whining. I just want to demonstrate that women in this industry have to do everything better, faster and smarter than their male counterparts. It's a challenge, but it sure beats working as some pointy haired bosses secretary.
To the women out there, just be better.
To the men, remember that while someone who looks like Natalie Portman may be nice now, Beauty fades. Wouldn't it be really cool to have a SO that likes grokking Linux and doesn't begrudge you the money you spent on that new Palm?
Evidently you have decided that we must all cater to the lowest common denominator. Our schools do it, newspapers, television, I refuse to lower myself down to using one screen just because someone else can't comprehend it. One size does not fit all. If you're going to use that argument, Don't read books, some people are illiterate! Don't use the web, some people don't understand!
The average user needs to have us help them configure things. I'm not saying my grandmother should run GNU/Linux, she should use what ever is easy to use and works. But she should have the choice. My mechanic fixes my car, I fix their network so they can order parts. Do what you do best and use what works best for you.
One Last Thing, in KDE you can turn the virtual desktops off.
Might be off subject, but National Public Radio did try to cover the tensions in high schools. It wasn't as unbiased as it could be, but much better than network tv. www.npr.org, April 27, All Things Considered. They interviewed several students, parents, a psychologist, professional techie, etc.
Lets support news sources that don't immediately reduce stories to soundbites and inflammatory comments.