By Graeme Wearden
Published: Thursday 12 February 2004
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Name
Monica Basso
Location
Milano
Occupation
analyst
Comment
"... that even a woman can find her way around open source software. "
EVEN A WOMAN???? I can't believe that in 2004 there is still this prejudice around women unable to use computers... But of course, when most investing decisions are still made by a pool of bloody dull men, than one must speak the same language right? ... I guess the idea to have a woman on stage putting their hands on Linux was generated by a cool woman knowing well the brain limits of male decision makers...
Gosh! Masculinist culture is still around, when will we get rid of it?
"... that even a woman can find her way around ope...
Monica Basso
Monica, you are missing the point here. He is ess...
Gary Smith
Gary, while that may be true, or could be perceive...
Sarah Mercure
I think the use of a woman demonstrating the Linux...
Elaine
To be entirely honest I believe that the comments ...
Jane
Also, the quotes in the story have been translated...
Russ
I understand what Elaine is saying here but as the...
Anonymous
Typical Woman! :-)
Monica states "Gosh! Mascu...
Iain
I dont understand what all the fuss is about. Why ...
K Meidl - Software Hausfrau Extraordinaire
We have a clever tabloid title to draw the readers...
Anna Ellis
Tact - so simple it may one day be taught to germa...
Karen Challinor
Monica, Sarah, Elaine,
Ok, whose ego is being r...
Anonymous
David-
It's generalisations like yours that are...
Jane
David, what is wrong with wanting a tool to work? ...
Sylvie Noel
Oh how I agree with Anna Ellis. Never has the poin...
Doug Richardson
Ah, my apologies!
Guess that'll teach me to ope...
Russ
"...so simple it may one day be taught to germans....
Anonymous
There are more important things in life! You can v...
Vic Tabram
I have used Linux (SuSE) at home for about 6 mos n...
George
Graeme your heading is outrageous and out of order...
Linda
hmm machism?
Thomas OZENNE
Thanks for all the fun, folks, I've had, in readin...
Anonymous
Come on folks -- sense of humour! Stuffed penguins...
Pete
Blatant sexism, and I hope the German feminists wi...
Anonymous
Perhaps a picture of woman 'using' a box may persu...
Admiral Canaris
It always intrigues me how those who are less capa...
KKK
The thing is that although this is a common "achil...
chris flock
You could of called this article "The Art of Selli...
Female
I wasn’t really interested in this story until I r...
BuggsyBoo
This is a superb thread, highly entertaining! More...
Anonymous
Well somebody needs to get educated about proper p...
Zuzana Krifka Dobes
I'd just like to say how refreshing it is to see t...
Pete Killelea
Absolutely brilliant! A superb example of politics...
nigel perry
Sorry, I don't see the double bluff or accept that...
Diane Wicks
Zuzana from Berlin illustrates my point perfectly....
Diane Wicks
It's is sexist, but it's not new. For some time no...
Mike Hart
The headline of this article is misleading. What ...
David Sparkes
"Linux: 'So easy even a woman could use it'"... th...
Salvor
Is David Sparkes saying that a woman did not deomo...
Anonymous
No surprise a man would comment like that.
She Ra
So easy to use you don't even know you use it :), ...
Thomas OZENNE
To all those - male or female - who think that too...
Karen Meidl
Reading an article like this makes me realise why ...
Bronwen
What would you sue him for?
He used the head of...
Oliver Neukum
Did anyone stop to think during this rant, which s...
Anonymous
OK, so what I see in this article that I think mos...
Michael
My GF uses a Mac OSX(BSD with a GUI).
So women us...
John Hauxwell
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