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OK- but what about this childlike behavior from Jim Dalrymple to the author of the ZDNet article? Phone in my hand, a gentleman named Jim Dalrymple turned to m
by sc68cal 15y ago
OK- but what about this childlike behavior from Jim Dalrymple to the author of the ZDNet article?
Phone in my hand, a gentleman named Jim Dalrymple turned to me and says
loudly, “Hey, what phone is that?”
I respond, It’s an Android, Samsung-
Before I finish he shouts at me, “Sucks for you!” Laughing, he turns, and then walks away as I’m saying to the men looking embarrassed in his stead
Seriously? And people wonder why conferences are huge sausagefests.
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- bkrausz 15y agoFrom the article: "Ed note: Dalrymple has a different account. He said that his laugh was in relation to another comment—about hockey—and he didn’t walk out first. His comments regarding Android at WWDC had nothing to do with Blue being female." Not saying one is right and the other is wrong, just pointing out that there were two different accounts of the exchange. Also, if someone said that to me I wouldn't want to attend the event either, regardless of my gender. This is not excluding women from tech, this is excluding nice people. Either way it needs to change, but it seems unnecessary to bring gender into this (assuming, of course, that he would have made the same comment to someone of a different gender).
- Locke1689 15y agoSounds like Dalrymple is also a dick and thus falls subject to the same criticism as before. The author noted this through sarcasm when he said "Someone made you feel stupid in public? How awful."