Percentage of female Open Source developers: 3.0%: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/2008/02/24/fosdem-2008 1.5%: http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=106&thread=263671 This low percentage isn’t due to fear of computers: Percentage of women who use computers at work: 57% and at home: 70% http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/software_for_women.php It also isn’t due to overall cultural norms. Here are the percentages of women in traditionally male-dominated professions in the USA: Women … Continue reading Women in Software – a Long Way to Go