Re: DW and LinuxChix (was: Re: Welcome to DW)

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Cook
Howdy ya'll, While on the way into work today, I was thinking about the various groups of people who decide to involve themselves with Linux, Debian and/or any volunteer organization where there is a lot of work and absolutely no monetary payback. At any rate, as some of the posters in this thread

Re: Some thoughts regarding DW

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Cook
While obviously not directly related to the Debian Women's project, but more directly to Jutta's comments, one of my friends has recently gone blind and prior to that was an avid Linux user. While obviously he has found some solace in using things like SpeakUp and all, I know he has huge problems w

Re: Welcome to DW (was: Re: DW (was: Re: [gnome-women] Getting a Web Site Up & Logo Contest status)

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Cook
While I realize I am probably about to step on a landmine and I wholeheartedly agree with Herman's concern about where and how this issue is escalating, but I would say that this issue is a rather huge misunderstanding. While I don't want to resort to cheap theatrics such as, "Can't we all just get