[anamax]

> If I thought you meant to equate women's point of view with your cat's in any way I would be highly amused--at what you reveal about your own perspectives.

Cute insinuation.

Do you really want to argue that every person can add something useful to any discussion of Google App Engine? Or is it just every woman?

If not, then the "diversity" argument fails, at least wrt Google App Engine.

While the right points of view add 80 IQ points, some points of view don't add any IQ points, and some even subtract. Gender, orientation, and ethnicity are sometimes good predictors for "useful point of view" but not always.

The advantage of using my cat is that she isn't offended when I point out that she doesn't have a useful perspective on something.