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Julian Hall wrote: > This bounced so resending... no idea why... > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [LUG] Why are there so few women in our LUG - does this > indicate there are few female Linux users ? > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:42:15 +0000 > From: Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > References: <1200497746.5991.24.camel@scarey> > > > > Viv wrote: > >> genuinely interested in what people think about this. >> >> We don't seem to have very many female members - off hand, I can't think >> of more than Clare, Gemma and myself (I apologise if I have missed >> anyone). However, certainly we are in a significant minority. >> > Hi Viv, > > I'm not sure of the exact reasons, but I suspect they are the same as > the reasons that there are no women at all on my BSc Software > Development course. In this case I think the education system is partly > to blame for not getting them interested at an early enough age. they use windows at school, perhaps that puts people off IT, Paul -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html