Women in Open Source

Posted by tuxchick on Nov 5, 2005 11:14 PM EDT
Just A Summary: Piers Cawley Practices Punditry; By Piers Cawley 		Mail this story
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... it’s about being friendly. As geeks, we tend to be terrible at it—I know I am. Don’t tolerate the bearpit. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been part of too many poisonous ‘communities’—places that were actively newbie hostile. No matter how often you have to do it, the right answer is almost never “Read The Fucking Manual”—even if the answer can be found there. Be polite. So what if the person asking you is clueless—they’re not the only one listening to you; maybe you just scared a listener who would be an asset to your community away.

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