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Open source projects are by their nature intended to be welcoming, pulling in contributions from many different volunteers. But in reality, open source and the tech industry in general often lack diversity. Speaking at the Open Source Leadership Summit in February, Mozilla's Chief Innovation Officer Katharina Borchert told the crowd that working to bring ethnic, gender, and skill diversity to open source projects isn't just the right thing to do because of moral grounds, it's the right thing to do to make projects more successful.
Me, I beg to differ. Pretty sure success has to do with the diversity of thought/ideas rather than genetic diversity.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @03:04AM (1 child)
Kinda ditto here. If one searches, one can find an all-Caucasion team to to the job, or an all-Negro team, or an all-Asian team. And, if you search, you can find a diverse team.
But what you can not find, is an all Runaway team. Does not work well with others. Ogles young females, thinks he is friends with African-American women. The only reason we include him is for diversity. Helps us with the unwitting-trump-supporter, maybe a vet, category of old white guys. Yes, Runaway, you only have a job due to affirmative action!
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @04:08AM
Hehe, I started off reading thinking "men counter reactionary" but then I realized that could very well be true!! "We're not agist like the rest of silicon valley, look at this old white conservative dude we've got on the team!!"