And now to something completely different...

Posted by Ike Washington
Feb 23, 2008 at 01:27 PM

Susanne wrote:
>Why don’t I
>post? Hard to say, I am not only female, but also from europe and I often wish I could use
>language in the same spirit of easy camaraderie as it is used in these forums. And
>besides, you guys have things well under control - when I feel compelled to say
>something (f.i. “must stick up for the females”) then I will/do.

Susanne, do keep on posting. And all you other lurkers out there too…

Thinking out loud in this off-topic thread…

It’s fascinating to see how forums develop, the ways in which OutlinersSoftware is different from, say, DonationCoder. Different types taking part, different concerns, issues, budgets.

Always good for the health of a community to break down sameness to some extent. For example, I found the recent Mac posts informative, made me think again about whether I should stick with my PC software.

Don’t want to make too big a deal of this - I’m not trolling here, but it’s always good to be aware of the dangers of a “common sense” understanding arising as those with a shared background (in our case, I’d guess male, PC, N American, European etc…) gain the momentum to talk loudest and perhaps dominate the agenda.

True too for developers: the greater their diversity, the greater the choice for us. Imagine a software world with just Microsoft…

Ike