Tag: sexism
We love our dirty laundry.
by schwim on Sep.21, 2009, under Software
Another week in the news and while Microsoft continues pushing their next big OS and Mac releases another commercial making fun of Windows, the open source community deliberates on why there’s so much sexism in the FOSS world. It’s not the first time that the question has been raised in the community.
While I wait for the people that develop my OS to put on their big-boy pants and join the adult world, I have time to wonder how we got the reputation that we did. I mean, let’s be honest with ourselves. In spite of the fact that inarguably *nix is a better foundation upon which to build an OS, a very small percentage of the technical community takes the movement seriously. I have my own suspicions but to be honest, I’m cynical, jaded and very often wrong. I try to at least challenge my preconceptions and prejudices, so I won’t waste anyone’s time putting them to paper. Instead of my canned rhetoric, I’m hoping for some enlightenment.
