Opening doors for women in computing

2005-02-19 Thread Amaya
http://news.com.com/Opening+doors+for+women+in+computing/2100-1022_3-5557311.html -- .''`. Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it : :' : `. `'Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux (Sid 2.6.9 Ext3) `- www.amayita.com www.malapecora.com www.chicasdura

ITA - Basics

2005-02-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi! I read with interest your recent discussions on ITA. I think I am familiar with the basics of Debian package maintenance. But... A question keeps popping up in my head that doesn't seem to be answered: Given the mechanics of ITA, WHO can adopt a package? There are several packages (at least o

Re: ITA - Basics

2005-02-19 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:56:21AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > There are several packages (at least one?) that I would like to adopt: > recently I saw fvwm-shell is orphaned and I am a devotee of fvwm. So I > know how to update the package, package it, attempt the ITA (never done > thát befo

Re: ITA - Basics

2005-02-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Michael Banck wrote: On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:56:21AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: There are several packages (at least one?) that I would like to adopt: recently I saw fvwm-shell is orphaned and I am a devotee of fvwm. So I know how to update the package, package it, attempt the ITA (never do

Re: Opening doors for women in computing

2005-02-19 Thread Michelle Klein-Hass
Cool article...thanks for forwarding it to us! Muchas gracias, Michelle On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:08:33 +0100, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news.com.com/Opening+doors+for+women+in+computing/2100-1022_3-5557311.html > > -- > .''`. Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those i

Re: Opening doors for women in computing

2005-02-19 Thread Helen Faulkner
Amaya wrote: http://news.com.com/Opening+doors+for+women+in+computing/2100-1022_3-5557311.html That's a really interesting article Amaya. Thanks for posting it. I wonder how many other people here experienced a similar thing to what the woman interviewed relates: namely that the apparent level of

Re: Anyone going to FOSDEM 2005?

2005-02-19 Thread Hanna M. Wallach
> Hanna, Magni -- would one (or both) of you be interested in writing up your > experiences at FOSDEM? Yep, I'd be happy to do that! (I'd planned to write it up for my blog anyway, so this is no problem to do.) -- hanna m. wallach blog: http://join-the-dots.org/ work: http://www.inference.phy.c

Re: Opening doors for women in computing

2005-02-19 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 09:11:14PM +, Helen Faulkner wrote: > I wonder how many other people here experienced a similar thing to what > the woman interviewed relates: namely that the apparent level of > programming expertise of the men in her course, before the course even > started, was so

Re: Opening doors for women in computing

2005-02-19 Thread Akkana Peck
Helen Faulkner writes: > I wonder how many other people here experienced a similar thing to what > the woman interviewed relates: namely that the apparent level of > programming expertise of the men in her course, before the course even > started, was so high that she felt incompetant by compari