He's not saying "Open source doesn't like the help". He's saying "more people end up working in lead in activities to software development in commercial setting

He's not saying "Open source doesn't like the help". He's saying "more people end up working in lead in activities to software development in commercial settings than in open source settings". Here is the article that the linked article is responding to http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/72144-the-impact-of-open-source-on-computing-education/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/72144-the-impact-of-open... He's not saying "OSS is bad". He's saying "OSS for whatever reason is 99% white and asian males, so if that becomes a large place for introducing people to programming, then we've got troubling diversity issues upcoming" One of Dr. Guzdial's big pushes has always been computing "inclusiveness", that being, getting everyone interested in computing. Here is a comment buried on one of the blogs in question by Guzdial: >Kirby, I'm not claiming that open source doesn't desire LPP. It simply isn't happening for people not White or Asian or male. Whatever is happening to draw in a more diverse crowd, to get a more diverse group involved in the periphery -- it isn't working. There are lots of incentives for women and minorities to get involved in commercial software development, but that 24% number is pretty paltry. That's why efforts like BPC and NCWIT exist, to try to figure out how to go beyond those incentives to get the diverse workforce that will lead to better and more innovative designs.