SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
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.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
Diversity Makes Projects More Successful
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 158 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
Nadia Comaneci, simple perfection.
-- '76 Olympics
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @06:32AM (4 children)
> Say the wrong thing in a public forum and you can be 'attacked' on twitter, etc and lose your job.
Why should your freedom of speech over-ride our freedom of association?
> silencing all but the mainstream views is sure to keep us from progressing.
Sorry dude, that shit don't fly.
Equality isn't just a mainstream view.
Its a foundational principle of this country, a truth that we hold to be self-evident.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 31 2017, @10:21AM (2 children)
You do know arguing your right to speak but not his directly contradicts your push for equality, yes?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @01:39PM (1 child)
Basic comprehension fail again. They weren't advocating censorship, they were saying they are free to associate with whom they'd like or say what they want in response to someone else's speech. Say some nasty hateful shit that gets published and visible? Expect blowback, expect to be called out on twitter or whatever medium.
Go back to school TMB, it seems you need to learn more beyond the realm of programming.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:00PM
Indeed. You definitely had one if you can't see that their goal is to shut down any speech they disagree with.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 31 2017, @11:19AM
Sorry dude, that shit don't fly. Equality isn't just a mainstream view. Its a foundational principle of this country, a truth that we hold to be self-evident.
Except, of course, when someone says the wrong thing. Fuck that guy.