[Womoz] Barbie will be a computer engineer

[Delphine]

Le 24/02/2010 13:26, Thierry Noisette a écrit :
> I didn't resist the temptation to write a quick article about it:
>
> La poupée Barbie sera informaticienne... et utilise Linux
> (http://www.zdnet.fr/blogs/l-esprit-libre/la-poupee-barbie-sera-informaticienne-et-utilise-linux-39713313.htm) 
>

Cool article Thierry!  :)

>
>
> Thierry Noisette a écrit :
>> As the vote was quite debated in the list: apparently, there were 
>> enough geeks and geekettes (does the word work in English or is it 
>> just "French" English?) to vote for that choice ;-)
>>
>> http://www.barbie.com/vote/
>>
>> And she's using Linux !
>>
>> >
>> the Website was flooded with votes from women in the tech industry, 
>> and of course, pretty much every female software engineer on the 
>> planet. ChipChick cites Lauren Dougherty, director of Barbie 
>> marketing for Mattel, who says voting for Engineer Barbie became 
>> viral amongst female engineers; it was because this popular vote went 
>> to Computer Engineer Barbie, that Mattel couldn’t resist but to 
>> reward Barbie with a 126th career choice too.
>>
>> Barbie and her dual monitor set-up with laptop (pink) running Linux, 
>> geeky binary t-shirt, smartphone, Bluetooth headset and of course, 
>> glasses, will hit the shelves Winter 2010.
>> >
>>
>> (http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Barbie-Mattel-Barbie-Computer-Engineer,news-5835.html) 
>>
>>
>> As my daughter has never been at all interested in dolls, too bad, 
>> but for some other girls it might be a cute gift - IMHO.
>>
>> Thierry
>> (Paris)
>>
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Delphine