varya - 4:26 pm on Feb 21, 2008 (gmt 0)

Whoa! Back up and check the sexism at the door please. There are, no doubt, many societal and cultural reasons why the percentage of women in many technical sciences has been lower than 50%, but an inability to solve technical challenges until men make it easy enough for them is *not* one of the factors.

Women have been actively and intimately involved in computers and software development since Ada wrote the first program.