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1 out of 50 open-source programmers are female

Open-source developers may not be the pinkos you thought they were, but they are just as overwhelming male — about 97.8 percent— as you assumed. Somebody should tell Leah Culver that the odds are even better at a SourceForge LAN party than they are on Kevin Rose's 94-percent-male Digg. (Photo by wickenden)

11:40 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
642 views, 1 comment

Latest by raincoaster: Software developers overall: for a woman it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Which is why Melissa has such a more »

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Open-source programmers actually raging greedtards

Open-source developers are motivated by personal development and building their reputation, according to Psychology Today. Which of course means that they're a self-serving, greedy bunch — just like the rest of us. If such self-interest leads to new software like the Firefox brower I'm using right now, good for us. And if fame-seeking keeps open-source developers from getting screwed over like Wikipedia users — who, according to Psychology Today, edit Jimmy Wales's comprehensive list of English soccer stars for more altruistic purposes — well, good for him. (Photo by jagelado)

10:00 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
676 views, 6 comments

Latest by ps2fac: This is hardly new or ground-breaking; in fact, the Psych Today paper is not particularly incisive in showing what they more »