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posted by on Thursday March 30 2017, @11:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the McKinsey-says dept.

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.

Source: https://www.linux.com/news/learn/chapter/open-source-management/2017/3/diverse-projects-more-successful


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  • (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?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @01:39PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @01:39PM (#487606)

    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.