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by kqland 4272 days ago
Oh, did I hurt feminist inside you ? Here are claims[0] from prominent national news organization and many many reputed sources.

So that addresses your question #1.

#2. You are twisting the words. I said when "When HP announced "Meg Whitman" as CEO everyone was so voraciously attacking how HP is is being in bad condition because of male CEOs". It is not same thing as saying Whitman was chosen because of her gender. My point still stands though. In her tenure of last three years she has failed to turn around HP from lost focus despite whatever claim you see. Here is latest news on more layoffs from May [1] So she is doing no wonder than some male in same position being as CEO.

#3. I don't know about conspiracies and I would never see myself assimilate with one. But, here is thing I can tell you. Circle of powerful people do definitely want more women in powerful position. HP, Yahoo, IBM, Oracle( recently ) on and on. I don't know if these efforts are to get more women in tech industry or something else but there are sustained efforts across US for sure.

Regarding your claim "few women in tech industry " is blatantly false. I worked for four Org. on east coast. 8 out of 10 IT managers are women. 7 out of 10 women in mid to senior level mangagement up to VP.

This is not case of any one company , rather I would say there are more women in management than men.

I don't form my opinion from sustained campaigns run by someone and I certainly look far beyond San Francisco hypocrites.

[0] https://www.google.com/#q=woman%2B+ceo%2Bbetter%2B+than%2B+m...

[1] http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/hp-plans-more-...