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ubuntp
July 20th, 2005, 08:25 PM
http://dc5video.debian.net/2005-07-15/Debian_Women_and_Women_in_Free_Software-by_Erinn_Clark__Magni_Onsoien.mpeg

Not exactly Ubuntu, but close. Might interest some of you.
TravisNewman
July 20th, 2005, 08:32 PM
anyone have a brief synopsis?
charlieg
July 23rd, 2005, 12:44 PM
Woah... 264 megs!

Oh well, I'm a patient guy.
charlieg
July 23rd, 2005, 01:21 PM
Woah... 264 megs!

Oh well, I'm a patient guy.
Ok, synopsis is a presentation, followed by a QA session, given by two of the 4 female Debian developers. I fast forwarded most of it (tut tut) but it seemed to be about how to improve the amount of female involvement in Debian and Linux.
TravisNewman
July 23rd, 2005, 03:39 PM
OK. I'll probably watch later on. I had totally forgotten about this! I'll get this before Plan 9 From Outer Space (which is now in the public domain and available from archive.org).
newbie2
August 10th, 2005, 08:16 AM
"One idea being considered is the creation of women-focused groups in some open-source communities, said Danese Cooper, a board member of the Open Source Institute and an open-source advocate at Intel. At least one such group, called Debian Women, has been created within the Debian community; So far, four women have joined the project because of that group. Creation of a similar group is being discussed within the Apache open-source community, she said."
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=53345783&p=2&pid=1