[techtalk] Geek Chicks

[jdike at karaya.com]

[ Before I get flamed, I got the subject from the latest freshmeat editorial
(http://freshmeat.net/news/2000/02/05/949813140.html) :-) ]

Said editorial contains this paragraph at the end:

> To the men in Open Source, I say: take a look at your work, at your
> projects. Are your projects well managed and well documented in
> appropriate formats? Have you given attention to the user interface?
> Does your software have the polish that's needed to gain acceptance
> outside the hacker community? Are your users being looked after and
> feeling as if they're a necessary and appreciated part of the Open
> Source development process? Is your Web site up to date, and does it
> contain all the information it needs, presented in a consistent,
> logical format that makes it easy to find information? If the answer to any 
> of these questions is "no", your software is falling short of its potential. 
> If you've ever said that you wish there were more female geeks in the Open 
> Source community, now may be your opportunity to welcome them into your
> team, not as mascots or hangers-on, but as an indispensable part of
> the project. 

I've got this way cool (if I do say so myself :-) project underway 
(http://user-mode-linux.sourceforget.net) and the answer to all of these 
questions is "no".

This thing is the Linux kernel ported to itself so that it runs in a set of 
processes, which makes it a kind of a mix of "hard" and "soft" stuff by the 
terminology in the editorial.

Anyway, if anyone is interested in helping out with the aspects mentioned 
above, I would more than happy to have you on board.  If anyone wants to fix 
bugs, I take code too...

And, if this is appropriate for the other mailing list, please feel free to 
forward it there...

				Jeff




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