> men do hobby programming and women don't One possible reason: Women have less free time available for hobby programming. There are some statistics on this at

> men do hobby programming and women don't One possible reason: Women have less free time available for hobby programming. There are some statistics on this at http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/the-ethics-of-unpaid-labor-and-the-oss-community#time http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/the-ethics-of-unpaid-labor-an.... Another possibility: Women are in such demand in the industry that a hobbyist contributor will soon be hired by someone, and no longer be a hobbyist.