[KaoruAoiShiho]

While I agree a 50-50 gender ratio seems artificial at the moment, fact of the matter is the tech industry is becoming one of the great sources of power in society (think skynet). I think for the sake of civilization, we should try to involve women as much as we can and aim for the 50-50.

[smsm42]

Currently, there are substantially more females than males (60/40) among people receiving college degrees: http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/06/women-dominate-higher-ed...

Education is the widely recognized source of power. Should we strive for 50/50 and if so, how should we achieve it?

[keithpeter]

Perhaps the kind of activities involved with programming will change as the devices we seek to program evolve?

Perhaps building applications and managing data will involve more visual tools that allow domain specific knowledge to be applied directly?

[NotMyMorals]

"I think for the sake of civilization, we should try to involve women as much as we can and aim for the 50-50."

I think for the sake of civilization, we should not try to aim for a 50/50 ratio. Your utopia is another person's dystopia. Not all of us share your morality.