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On Saturday 14 April 2007 07:41 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves cobbled together some glyphs to say:
Ria Das [aka Ms. Kushal Das]
one of the reasons why there are so few women in public foss forums is neanderthal MCP type comments like this. Apparently a lot of males are unable to believe that women can do things on their own - realise also, that many people have taken help in formulating proposals. I have helped people by giving ideas and helping to frame the proposal well. Also by pointing out what the mentors would accept. And some people i have helped have been accepted. Since they were male, no one raised an eyebrow. Indian women *can* and do contribute - or are you of the opinion that suparna's husband does her work for her?
The comment was not meant to be derogatory and I apologise if it sounded so. I didn't mean that Kushal did all the work for her, just that she is known to us as Kushal's girl-friend (that too because Kushal talks about her quite a lot on IRC & his blog). That is all. I apologise once again to Kushal and Ria if that sounded like I was pulling their legs.
Regards, BG
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