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This must be old. Guido hasn't been BDFL for a while now. And the achievement gap is very wide between people on the list. You have inventors of the internet an
by m0zg 7y ago
This must be old. Guido hasn't been BDFL for a while now. And the achievement gap is very wide between people on the list. You have inventors of the internet and several dominant programming languages alongside some "advocates" nobody has ever heard of.
- ahbyb 7y agoThe point of this website is diversity.
- oneeyedpigeon 7y agoI'm not sure where you're getting that from — it isn't mentioned on the about page[1]. I suspect you've made that assumption because they happen to be diverse, and the stereotype is that computing itself tends not to be. However, I think that is exaggerated, and projects such as this one aim to redress the balance. But I don't think that's the primary aim at all — the primary aim is to exhibit photographs of people involved in open source, in an attempt to raise their profile. > The project is comprised of portraits of notable and unsung heroes who dedicate themselves to the creation and advancement of our open source technologies. [1] http://www.facesofopensource.com/about/ http://www.facesofopensource.com/about/
- ahbyb 7y ago>I'm not sure where you're getting that from — it isn't mentioned on the about page[1]. Obviously. They want to pretend the diversity portrayed in that website is normal. >I suspect you've made that assumption because they happen to be diverse, and the stereotype is that computing itself tends not to be. However, I think that is exaggerated, and projects such as this one aim to redress the balance. Let's agree to disagree then.