Comments on: It’s official, over 5% of Ubuntu Members are women!

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:34:56 +0000

@Becka Great! And best wishes for your dissertation, I hope you find more good news :)

By: Becka

Becka — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:33:57 +0000

Congratulations to Ubuntu!!! This brought a big smile today as I began to write the project proposal for my dissertation on the under representation of women in F/LOSS.

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:00:36 +0000

@tiempo3000 I don't know, thus far ubuntu-lgbt has not published any statistics. I'm not involved with that project so don't know whether they are planning to, or if they feel there is a need for it.

By: @tiempo3000

@tiempo3000 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:55:56 +0000

What about the gays and lesbians?

By: Ubuntu woman

Ubuntu woman — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:41:04 +0000

This is great news! I hope more and more women will come to appreciate Ubuntu and Linux.

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:13:07 +0000

@K_Wasseem Calling Ubuntu “sexier” because it has more women is really creepy. Please don’t.

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:12:21 +0000

@przemo_one Your comment is somewhat confusing and I don’t agree with most of it because I’ve read things that are contrary, however I will address one portion:

and a fault of society

This is what our project is around to try and fix.

I also think you’ll find that you’re somewhat exceptional to have discovered Linux online on your own without the influence of friends, family, school or co-workers.

By: K_Wasseem

K_Wasseem — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:00:36 +0000

Ubuntu is suddenly sounding so much sexier :D
I think this is great going girls!

By: przemo_one

przemo_one — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:04:35 +0000

I don’t think men are more exposed to Linux. I had to get it on my own. It’s your fault and a fault of society. Women are not as good in technology as men. That’s what the society thinks. If you think so you will not be exposed, because of that concept. No one stops you from browsing the web and searching. I had to do that.

By: Alan Bell

Alan Bell — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:22:38 +0000

@Robert, well this is measuring something slightly different to the user population, this is of the 625 people who have made a significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and have been recognised by the community through the membership process. Reaching the 5% milestone is great news, but it certainly isn’t the end of the story, double figures would be great. I think it should end up in the long term at somewhere above 20% which is the proportion of CompSci graduates.