Re: 33 unknowns left

[Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>]

On 08/26/2015 02:50 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>:
> > > > > > moore = moore <moore>
> > > > Catherine, Tim?
> > The more I think about it, it's more likely Tim.  Catherine typically used
> > clm@ and Tim used moore@.
> >
> >
> > Certainly if it was a change to the PA port, then it was Tim.
>
> What was his address?
Most were @cs.utah.edu, but he left Utah eons ago.  He was @redhat.com 
for a while, not sure after that.

> About Catherine Moore: One of the things that is quite noticeable
> about this list is the number of apparently female contributors, which
> while regrettably small in absolute terms is still rather more than
> I'm used to seeing in a sample this size.
>
> This makes me curious.  Was any special effort made to attract female
> hackers to the project? Is there a prevailing theory about why they
> showed up in comparatively large numbers?
>
> It would be interesting to know what, if any specific thing, was done
> right here...
I can't recall any special effort.  Just always trying to encourage 
anyone to contribute in whatever way they could.

jeff