Mark Guzdial responds in the comments, and it's worth reading. He says that his comments were related to the demographics of open-source development, and in tha

Mark Guzdial responds in the comments, and it's worth reading. He says that his comments were related to the demographics of open-source development, and in that context I don't really disagree--although I'm by no means convinced that the problem is open-source. I think it's more a symptom than anything. (Also, I'm a student at Wesleyan University and I've been very involved with the Humanitarian FOSS Project since the summer and will be at the HFOSS Symposium in March. If anyone has any related questions, I'm happy to answer them.)