[anonfordays]

>So was it only white boys interested?

No, great technologists like Ted Ts'o were critical to OS development 20+ years ago.

>True, maybe, nobody cared.

No maybe, fact.

> But it was all white boys, with very few exceptions, when I started.

No it wasn't.

>I think we need diversity. Am I wrong?

If by "diversity" you mean racism, then yes, you are wrong.