Comments on: Political correctness in open source doesn’t matter

By: Stuart Gathman

Stuart Gathman — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:22:17 +0000

There are different social dynamics in a women only developer group. It works like a sewing circle. To oversimplify with stereotypes: the guys spur each other on with “I can do better than that”. The girls encourage each other with “wow! That is really good!”.

By: kev009

kev009 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:13:35 +0000

My mistake, I thought I saw the post on Planet Gentoo :-)

By: Steven Oliver

Steven Oliver — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:38:54 +0000

I’m not a Gentoo developer, but thanks…

By: Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Boxing Day 2008

Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Boxing Day 2008 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:08:45 +0000

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By: kev009

kev009 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:06:21 +0000

Yes, obviously good manors and personal skills will help you get respect and good reputation. That fits in with the bazaar model of development. Special interest groups are counter to this. If you get offended because someone _types something on the internet_, you have bigger problems IMHO :).

By: Matija "hook" Šuklje

Matija "hook" Šuklje — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:34:14 +0000

(stupid ctrl S link)

[... with good manners and] should IMHO be avoided in FOSS and even in normal interpersonal communication.

By: Matija "hook" Šuklje

Matija "hook" Šuklje — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:31:39 +0000

Hear hear!

Political correctness is a rhetorical construct for not losing vote(r)s, has nothing to do with good manners and