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I totally agree with not asking such personal questions which really |
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are not going to help the foundation, what we need to ask are |
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questions that relate to the distribution, it's developers & user |
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community as a whole. one question regarding children that I see as |
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being appropriate is: |
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Do children in your household use Gentoo? |
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> Yes |
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> No |
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> It's to complicated for them |
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> Prefer not to answer |
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Which games-* category need more additions? |
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> games-puzzles |
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> games-kids |
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> games-board |
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> games-fps |
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> games-strategy |
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Other questions regarding personal things, like age,spouses & income |
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are really for another type of survey, maybe a separate survey that |
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only developers will fill out, users will feel like you're asking to |
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much if asked those questions. We need to get questions that can help |
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identify what will improve Gentoo and it's inner structure. |
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Thanks, |
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Fernando a.k.a likewhoa |
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On Jan 18, 2008 7:41 AM, George Prowse <cokehabit@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Steve Long wrote: |
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> > Joe Peterson wrote: |
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> > |
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> >> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:56:36AM +0000, Steve Long wrote: |
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> >>> Ryan Hill wrote: |
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> >>>> I agree, though year of birth might be interesting. Income and children |
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> >>>> are a bit too private. |
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> >>>> |
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> >>> ++ in general although I do think parenthood (if responsible) is as |
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> >>> relevant as age. A 28 year old with a 5 year old kid has a lot to show a |
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> >>> 35 year old doctoral student with no kids, even if it's not all |
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> >>> technical. # of kids isn't relevant. |
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> >> Judging the maturity of users (or devs) by how many children they have |
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> >> (or indeed *if* they have children) is pretty questionable. I know |
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> >> people who have kids and are pretty irresponsible (that's not to say |
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> >> most are, but one does not guarantee the other). And I'd argue that |
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> >> someone with children does not necessarily have "a lot to show" someone |
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> >> without kids, unless it is the specific experience of childrearing. |
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> >> |
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> >> There are many people (myself and my wife included) who choose |
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> >> consciously not to have children. It is becoming more and more a |
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> >> *choice* people can legitimately make rather than just an assumed part |
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> >> of life. It is not selfish or immature, as some people think, so I'd be |
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> >> careful about implying that such a question gauges maturity. |
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> >> |
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> > My apologies if I caused you any offense, Joe. I fully agree that choosing |
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> > not to have children is just as mature as deciding to procreate, and more |
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> > mature than simply drifting into parenthood. |
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> > |
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> > I suppose what I am getting at is the idea that there are others in Gentoo |
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> > besides young single males. A responsible parent or a committed spouse has |
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> > a very different perspective to a teenager. Certainly my perspective now at |
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> > 37 is vastly different to when I was 18. Parenthood changed a great deal, |
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> > as did the earlier process of committing to marriage. |
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> > |
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> > Which is not to denigrate people who chose not to marry; my godchildren's |
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> > parents were dead-set about their commitment to each other without a piece |
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> > of paper. I guess it's the change between being an individual and feeling a |
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> > commitment to someone else. And yeah maybe it's not something we need to |
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> > ask anyone, but it is good to consider that there are diverse perspectives |
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> > within the group. |
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> > |
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> > In the same vein I asked on project wrt to number of female devs and was |
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> > told there are perhaps 3 or 4 iirc. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> For a survey of this kind I think questions about children etc are as |
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> inappropriate as ones about sexual orientation. |
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> Personally i'd stick to the fundamentals. |
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> George |
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