<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>He made his post on his personal blog I don't think you should let this<br>influence your opinion on such a big company, his blog represents his
<br>opinion not his company's.</blockquote><div><br>So what if he had made racist comments instead? You don't think it reflects the companies values if they hire people who chose to make very public sexist comments?
<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">We should focus our energies on doing<br>productive things.</blockquote><div><br>
I agree. How is making sure that people who choose to make sexist remarks on a public forum about Ubuntu are shown that there are economic ramifications for sexism not productive? Personally, I think arguing with these types is a waste of time better spent taking actions to cause a disruption in the culture that makes it ok for boys to be boys and it's just juvenile humor."
<br><br>The reality is that this man influences others, and the blog is in a public place. And I also believe that these sorts of posts discourage women and reflect poorly on the Ubuntu community -- regardless of whether or not the poster is even a user of Ubuntu.
<br><br>The good news is that there are lots of <span style="font-weight: bold;">men</span> who have taken offense with his post, and are speaking up.<br><br>So it's ok to whinge about language on various Ubuntu community posts and the wording in the Ubuntu newsletter, but its not ok to take action with regards to a man who makes a public sexist comment regarding the women involved in the Debian/Ubuntu community? How is this any different from the recent "our servers won't go down on you either" post? Both are in public space -- actually the ad was in private space -- you have to purchase the LinuxJournal, the above referenced blog post is actually in public space.
<br><br>I guess I definitely have an incorrect perspective on what Ubuntu Women is supposed to be about. <br></div></div><br>