At 11:05 AM 1/25/03, Bryan Tyson wrote:
On Friday 24 January 2003 17:30, DJ wrote:
We are in the 21 century and for someone to even think this way is really depressing. What, is ethnicity next?
You seem to be implying that some sort of sexism was in the question, and I don't think there was any. He simply was observing.
For example, in my city we have 2 user groups: a general PC user group and a Linux user group. The PC user group has probably 40% women. The Linux user group has probably 5% women or less. This discrepancy is worth exploring.
I support a reasonable number of very small businesses, most of those that have moved from m$$$$ to linux (either before I started supporting them of with my help in converting) have female staff (if allstaff = 5 then femalestaff = 2 (usually)). It's usually the 'girls' that pick up things quicker, want to know how to fix REAL problems themselves, customize layouts, etc. first. The men tend to play first, then learn or ask the 'girls' later. Especially in a training session. And i'm male! scsijon