On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 06:09:56PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> Helen Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Partly it's knowing that I'm going to be dealing
> > with a man (almost certainly), and he may assume I don't know what I'm
> > doing, and he may put me down or be condescending or unkind as a
> > result.
>
> The first newbie question I asked on a debian list in 1997 was
> answered (quickly and accurately) by Susan Kleinmann, one of the [few]
> female developers. I have never had occasion to feel condescending
> toward female Debianers.
I had the honour of meeting Susan at Debconf 2, and she is
awesome. I wish I could tell you her story of writing the manpages for
the GNU Accounting Utilities, but I only remember that it was eloquent
and funny.
Simon
