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> Not to interrupt the predictable HN hates women train but Oh rubbish. When you're the head of something, you're paid to use their products if not for anythi

> Not to interrupt the predictable HN hates women train but Oh rubbish. When you're the head of something, you're paid to use their products if not for anything but image purposes. Do you think the head of GM drives around in a Mustang?

stackghost 5mo ago
>Oh rubbish. Nah, it's not rubbish. The comments on just about any article featuring a woman in a tech leadership position are always the same here. >When you're the head of something, you're paid to use their products if not for anything but image purposes. Again you conveniently leave out the "on a laptop" qualifier. 10 minutes a day is about all I could tolerate of BSD on a laptop too.
- 866-RON-0-FEZ 5mo ago
  > Again you conveniently leave out the "on a laptop" qualifier. If your hangup really is "Unless you're using it plugged in at all times" well, she is the Executive Director. I'm sure they can pay an intern to follow her around at all times with a really long extension cord.
  - stackghost 5mo ago
    No I'm saying that concluding that she doesn't use FreeBSD simply because she doesn't use it on a laptop, especially considering how poor the laptop experience is, is stupid. I have three machines in my basement running freeBSD right now, and if I was the director of the foundation I wouldn't daily drive it on a laptop either.
cperciva 5mo ago
the head of something Note that "FreeBSD Foundation" != "FreeBSD Project". Obviously they're connected, but the FreeBSD Foundation supports the FreeBSD Project; they don't direct it. Governance of the FreeBSD Project vests in the FreeBSD core team, which is elected by FreeBSD developers; and as a FreeBSD developer I'm far more concerned with what OS members of the core team run than I am with what OS members of the Foundation run.
__s 5mo ago
CEO of Ford drives around in a Xiaomi SU7
28304283409234 5mo ago
Why? Where is this written? Which law is this? Also: should they use 'their products' on every single piece of hardware they own? This is like that old argument that you can't wear leather belts "if you really are a vegetarian". Ugh.
jen20 5mo ago
The CEO of Ford has been driving a Chinese EV for some time now. Knowing what the competition are doing is pretty critical.

stackghost 5mo ago

>Oh rubbish. Nah, it's not rubbish. The comments on just about any article featuring a woman in a tech leadership position are always the same here. >When you're the head of something, you're paid to use their products if not for anything but image purposes. Again you conveniently leave out the "on a laptop" qualifier. 10 minutes a day is about all I could tolerate of BSD on a laptop too.

866-RON-0-FEZ 5mo ago
> Again you conveniently leave out the "on a laptop" qualifier. If your hangup really is "Unless you're using it plugged in at all times" well, she is the Executive Director. I'm sure they can pay an intern to follow her around at all times with a really long extension cord.
- stackghost 5mo ago
  No I'm saying that concluding that she doesn't use FreeBSD simply because she doesn't use it on a laptop, especially considering how poor the laptop experience is, is stupid. I have three machines in my basement running freeBSD right now, and if I was the director of the foundation I wouldn't daily drive it on a laptop either.

cperciva 5mo ago

the head of something Note that "FreeBSD Foundation" != "FreeBSD Project". Obviously they're connected, but the FreeBSD Foundation supports the FreeBSD Project; they don't direct it. Governance of the FreeBSD Project vests in the FreeBSD core team, which is elected by FreeBSD developers; and as a FreeBSD developer I'm far more concerned with what OS members of the core team run than I am with what OS members of the Foundation run.

__s 5mo ago

CEO of Ford drives around in a Xiaomi SU7

28304283409234 5mo ago

Why? Where is this written? Which law is this? Also: should they use 'their products' on every single piece of hardware they own? This is like that old argument that you can't wear leather belts "if you really are a vegetarian". Ugh.

jen20 5mo ago

The CEO of Ford has been driving a Chinese EV for some time now. Knowing what the competition are doing is pretty critical.