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I thought the quote from Vitorio Miliano in the article was too kind to feminism (equality for everyone? It's a women's interests lobby, let's call a spade a s
by neutronicus 16y ago
I thought the quote from Vitorio Miliano in the article was too kind to feminism (equality for everyone? It's a women's interests lobby, let's call a spade a spade), and underestimates how eager Open Source communities are to "discipline unruly users" and provide mentoring.
Every time I can't figure out how to do something in Clozure Common Lisp, I go on IRC, ask for help, get it, and then write about it on the Wiki, at which point the CCL devs thank me for my contribution.
Otherwise, though, I agreed with the article's points.
- britta 16y agoFeminism as a "women's interests lobby" is vaguely like calling the free software movement a "geeks' interests lobby" - it's both condescending and inaccurate about the nature of movements, among other things. Anyway, sounds like the article agrees about the usefulness of helping more people get on IRC and contribute to wikis, and I agree too. They're fundamental tools for community projects.
- JonnieCache 16y ago>equality for everyone? It's a women's interests lobby It's both and more. The world is a complicated place.
- vitovito 16y agoAs the "Vitorio" who was being quoted, thanks for your thoughts. However, I think you're too kind to open source, and as Anil Dash commented after my original article, "i find everyone who hates the word 'feminism' defines it differently from those of us who identify as feminists." Please feel free to read my original article and see if that explains the stance any better.