Re: On FoRK's anti-206 stance

Lloyd Wood (L.Wood@surrey.ac.uk)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:00:29 +0100 (BST)


On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Rohit Khare wrote:

> Rather, affirmative as in taking a stand: it is wrong that the infrastructure
> for the next generation of wealth-creation is taking place without women and
> minorities.

I think you'll find that women are essential for the infrastructure of
the next generation of wealth creation.

http://photo.net/philg/humor/bill-gates.html

"The birth of Jennifer Katherine Gates on April 28, 1996 proved that
America is still a country where anyone, regardless of race, creed,
color, or software quality, can go from having a rich white
Anglo-Saxon Protestant daddy to being a rich white Anglo-Saxon
Protestant daddy."

> Now Sara, fewer of these comments might apply directly to your field, but I
> believe their effects spill over into why FoRK has a 6x higher female
> subscriber churn than male. It's a male-ish smorgasbord of topics with a very
> male quest for dominance. I'd like it to be less so.

In that case, you need to replace Tim with a female bouncer.

L.

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