Re: [ox] Patriarchat und Netzaktivismus

• From: oliver frommel <oliver firstfloor.org>
• Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:28:11 +0100 (CET)

Then there are similar objection made in the October issue of Wired (which
has always been in the hand of Apple people dreaming up a Microsoft empire
for themselves...). OK. But I liked the piece anyway cause it point at the
deeper problems of geek culture and its resistance to grow up.
In order for Linux and FS to succeed, the question then becomes one of a
radical change of culture, which, IMHO, can only be achieved by radically
open up the communication channels and an active and outward looking
non-dogmatic attitude (which doesnot automatically mean selling out to
capitalist businesses etc.).

But with this i don´t confirm. Sure it is possible to get rid of all what is
of interest (for us here) on free software to make it more like nonfree
software. But that is no solution for the problem.

while the discrimination of women in FS might be non-intentional, it is 
not by chance, however. There is a certain conservative tendency in most 
of the free software movement that also extends to the obtainment of 
power (e.g. the slogan of "world domination" for the Linux community, only 
half-jokingly). While FS as a theoretical construct might be neutral in 
respect to this, the real, mainstream FS "movement" (people that actually 
code software). More than often I found FS people talking about market 
shares as a value of its own with no other higher aim. 

It is also very interesting to observe an attitude that goes hand in hand 
with this and is also a confirmation of patriarchal structures: the 
sometimes crypto-fascist tendency in system-administration (very often 
gainful occupation of FS developers) and in general a mysogynic and 
homophobic tendency. 

I don't consider this a necessary consequence of FS but the question might 
be raised why there is quite of lot of this reactionary thinking in FS 
opposed to the widespread myth of the FS utopia.

oliver


 

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