Southern California Linux Exposition hosted today a Women in Open Source Mini-Conf.
Jem Matzan reported the day being a “life-changing experience for all who attended”.
Read his summary here: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/300/
- numbers are given (about 20% women in IT, far less in Free Software, ie 1.5 %)
- reasons for these low numbers are discussed
- links to women in FOSS sites are provided
To be noted, and that’s not the first time I read this, women speakers emphasized FOSS as based on meritocracy with no real glass ceiling for women, as can be found in other technological areas.
edit : sorry I did not thank Stemp for spotting that particular link.
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«about 20% women in IT, far less in Free Software, ie 1.5 %» ????
Are they sure ? 20% in IT seems to be right but what does they mean by about 1.5% ? developpers ? users ? people involved ?
http://www.flosspols.org/deliverables/FLOSSPOLS-D16-Gender_Integrated_Report_of_Findings.pdf
Results of a 2006 survey (EC funded), p4 :/
They talk about community members. I’ll look more precisely into it.
edit : a june 2006 Ubuntu survey http://www.eskar.dk/andreas/output/PersonalProfile.HTM