[issues] The Good News

2000-01-07 Thread ae
Hiya. I must admit to not having time to properly keep up with the list, so if this seems out of place, that's why. Firstly - on the matter of cheap routes into a tech job - I think it's very easy. In my experience employers love enthusiasm and realistic outlooks very highly. By the second thi

[issues] Jamie Lokier (was Re: 50 people to watch)

1999-11-30 Thread ae
Hiya. First off - Jamie Lokier is male, and a very good friend of mine. :) I'm a developer - C/C++ *nix - use KDE on Mandrake 6.1, with gvim as editor and mozilla when I can get it to stay up, have friends, inc ESR, in the open source movement and yet have never contributed to an open source pro

[issues] Women and the Open Source Community (was screenshots)

1999-10-21 Thread ae
Hello. Quick introduction. My name is Alice, I'm a programmer (c/unix) and I'm English. This is with regard to recent posts about sexual images in the Linux world. I think my feelings are rooted in a childish "I don't want to be left out". I am all for freedom of speech - even hate mongering