Steps to diversity in your open source group (Opensource.com)

Posted Jul 1, 2014 12:00 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Steps to diversity in your open source group (Opensource.com) by mathstuf
Parent article: Steps to diversity in your open source group (Opensource.com)

> Nope, not a steamroller (they're the same here: machine which rides on two large drums you can fill with water to flatten/compress surfaces).

Except, in English, that is NOT a steamroller. I don't know what's that's called in English, I've never met one.

A steamroller was a steam engine with a cast-iron barrel as its front wheel and two huge cast-iron rear wheels. The name comes from the fact it was powered by steam (replace the front barrel and rear wheels with lighter wheels and it's known as a traction engine). Modern ones are, I suspect, diesel powered but I don't think they've changed much in appearance.

Cheers,
Wol