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Re: Ada Lovelace Day - pledge



also sprach Brenda Wallace <brenda.wallace@telecom.co.nz> [2009.02.12.0241 +0100]:
> Someone once said they'd be happy just to find one male geek who sees
> a prominent female technologist as their hero/role model
> The converse is often true.

I never had a single hero or role model to whom I looked up; many
people have influenced my way of thinking in ways that make me
greatly indebted. Their gender has rarely been a factor in this.

It's probably true that in the tech domain, more of them have been
male then female. Debian-women has noticeably shaken up those
figures.

While previously there were probably more women who taught me in
social matters, debian-women has again shaken up those stats.

I have high values of respect for those who made and make this
project happen, and especially for the way in which it is happening.
Not all of those were/are female.

If you want a single name, then I have to say that I wish I had
organisational and leadership skills that came close to those of
Marga.

But I truly dislike separating according to genders.

PS: someone once said just about anything you'd want to hear.

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