[ Before I get flamed, I got the subject from the latest freshmeat editorial
(http://freshmeat.net/news/2000/02/05/949813140.html) :-) ]
Said editorial contains this paragraph at the end:
> To the men in Open Source, I say: take a look at your work, at your
> projects. Are your projects well managed and well documented in
> appropriate formats? Have you given attention to the user interface?
> Does your software have the polish that's needed to gain acceptance
> outside the hacker community? Are your users being looked after and
> feeling as if they're a necessary and appreciated part of the Open
> Source development process? Is your Web site up to date, and does it
> contain all the information it needs, presented in a consistent,
> logical format that makes it easy to find information? If the answer to any
> of these questions is "no", your software is falling short of its potential.
> If you've ever said that you wish there were more female geeks in the Open
> Source community, now may be your opportunity to welcome them into your
> team, not as mascots or hangers-on, but as an indispensable part of
> the project.
I've got this way cool (if I do say so myself :-) project underway
(http://user-mode-linux.sourceforget.net) and the answer to all of these
questions is "no".
This thing is the Linux kernel ported to itself so that it runs in a set of
processes, which makes it a kind of a mix of "hard" and "soft" stuff by the
terminology in the editorial.
Anyway, if anyone is interested in helping out with the aspects mentioned
above, I would more than happy to have you on board. If anyone wants to fix
bugs, I take code too...
And, if this is appropriate for the other mailing list, please feel free to
forward it there...
Jeff
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