This is outright scary. The Easily Offended crowd should have noted he had said "..to my wife" not "..to a female". Assuming his wife is not in the software bus

This is outright scary. The Easily Offended crowd should have noted he had said "..to my wife" not "..to a female". Assuming his wife is not in the software business, how is this a commentary on the role of gender in technology (or anywhere). Instead of down-voting, please provide a rational argument how this generalization makes sense.