I wanted to followup on GNOME’s Women’s Summer Outreach Program. After GNOME received an enormous influx of submissions — 100 — Google offered to match the Foundation’s money and pay for an additional 3 students. I think my favorite selected … Continue reading →

Women in computer science are rare enough, but in the free software community, they are practically nonexistent. According to a recent study, only 1.5% of free software community members are female, versus 28% in proprietary software. There are lots of … Continue reading →