Comments on: Gender, competence and the Ubuntu philosophy

By: ayenack

ayenack — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:35:14 +0000

Live and let live!!!!!

By: Vid

Vid — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:14:30 +0000

/me hugs Matthew too

By: matthew

matthew — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:09:40 +0000

Lucian: if a person is offended because I chose not to attempt to show respect, that is my problem. If they are offended even after I have done all in my power to make them feel welcome, that is theirs.

Herman: agreed. Respect is a learned behavior, one that must be taught. This is precisely what makes the Ubuntu community unique and wonderful–the focus on treating people well, as encoded in the Code of Conduct.

Thanks to all who have made comments so far.

By: Herman Bos

Herman Bos — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:05:43 +0000

the bigger the community the more its reflects the whole society. This will only get worse as Ubuntu grows and with more and more active users around the world this only gets more complicated especially if they put in their politics and religion.

As you can see on your daily news its not exactly common the repect each other in all that.

What makes the CoC very important and probably forms a challenge for the community if they want to maintain or better said _evolve_ the Ubuntu spirit in the right direction.

In any case not all men are gentlemen and to make sure I do not discriminate: not all women are ladies.

Lets stress the importance of the CoC. Ill leave it at that.

By: Lucian

Lucian — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:44:42 +0000

Different people are offended about different things. There’s no way to satisfy them all and political correctness only makes it worse.

I don’t know about that debate, but I find it very natural for one to be curious about who one is talking to, the internet being such a cold medium.

By: Alberto Milone

Alberto Milone — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:03:50 +0000

Good point, Matthew. I wish there was no need to remind us of what you said… maybe in an ideal world or maybe in the future.

In the meantime, thanks for the article and thanks for being part of our wonderful staff.

By: Craig A. Eddy

Craig A. Eddy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:02:38 +0000

It’s sad to see something like this in this community. It’s inexcusable for anyone following the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. There is no excuse for such prejudice, nor for the inquisitiveness that you’ve said happened.

Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

By: nabil2199

nabil2199 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:49:19 +0000

I absolutely agree,to the free software community and any community real assets are people regardless of their gender.
Props Matthew!

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:49:00 +0000

/me hugs Matthew

By: Landon Baine

Landon Baine — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:45:19 +0000

Well said. As a active member of UF I would hope that no one their feels threatened by users. I am not aware of the debate regarding this persons gender nor do I know who you are talking about but all of the UF Staff do a great job and I have never stopped to consider their gender, race, religion…etcetera.