Male Supporters
Peter Simonsson
| Why do you think KDE Women is important or useful? |
| Software in general and KDE in particular needs more input from women. So I
see any effort to make KDE more accessible by women as both important and
useful. |
| How do you support Women in KDE? |
| I try to treat everybody with the same courtesy, don't know if that could be
called supporting, but hey I'm sure it's worth something. |
| What are you doing in KDE in general? |
| I spend most of my time maintaining Kivio in KOffice (well I try anyway) . I
also code on kexi when I get the right feeling. |
Scott Wheeler
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| Why do you think KDE Women is important or useful? |
| Well, currently there's an imbalance in the Open Source community and KDE
specifically -- there aren't many women involved. Hopefully KDE Women will
serve as a stimulus and a "first contact" for women interested in the KDE
project. |
| How do you support Women in KDE? |
| There's always work to be done in KDE and anytime we can find new people
and put them to work that's a Good Thing (tm). But sometimes getting
involved in KDE is a bit overwhelming -- there's so much that's new. If
people -- women or men -- are looking for things to do in KDE I think there's
always some sort of matching up between their skill set and what needs to be
done and I think many people, myself included, are willing to help with that
matching up process and help bring those contributers into the KDE community. |
| What are you doing in KDE in general? |
| I'm the maintainer of a number of things -- JuK, Flashkard, KSig, Audio
CD IO Slave, TagLib and have contributed bits and pieces to many of the other
modules. |
Waldo Bastian
Waldo Bastian didn't know how to answer our questions, so we want to say some words about him. We KDE Women
could always count on him and he always answered our questions. He has a big knowledge about coding and
did a lot of work in KDE. Waldo is always friendly and you can ask him, when you have a problem. In this
way he supports us, KDE Women a lot.
Aaron J. Seigo
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| Why do you think KDE Women is important or useful? |
I believe KDE Women is important and useful because the women in KDE believe it is important and useful.
I've been witness to situations where women have not been treated very well by others who are involved with KDE
specifically because they were female. This is a common problem in the technical field (and also outside of the
technical field), in my experience, especially when you get a large number of people from various places together
to work on a common project in a common space. As unfortunate and unnecessary as this situation is, it exists.
This has led some of the women contributers in KDE to feel that they would benefit from a project that
would highlight and encourage work in KDE done by women.I personally hope that it raises awareness in everyone
about the issues at hand, but most importantly I hope that it creates a positive and welcoming environment for
women to join the KDE project, whether as a developer, a writer, a translator or an artist. |
| How do you support Women in KDE? |
I support women in KDE by treating them, along with all others, as equals in the endeavor and exploration that is
KDE. To me it doesn't matter what the gender of the person is; if they get involved with the KDE project then they
are automatically deserving of respect and consideration. Everyone brings something unique and, usually, something
positive to the project.
I'm often available to ask questions of, or to look over patches, proofread
articles, etc.. and am happy to do so. |
| What are you doing in KDE in general? |
| I work on various and sundry parts of KDE. One can find code I've written in many of the libraries and
applications in KDE. I also write articles, How-Tos and announcements for and about the project from time to time.
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