If Rumi were a programmer. I'm really good at self-proclaimed manifestos. Too reckless to be an entrepreneur. Open-source fanatic. Bare-metal hardware, virtual machine, and all-computing wisdom.
I have been a programmer for forty years. Even so, I have made a breakthrough in software development and feel that in some ways my adventure is just beginning.
IMO, this quota idea is kind of racist/sexist in a different way. Equality means that nobody is treated differently, not better or worse.
If a company chooses not to have a diverse team and that hinders it, then that's most appropriate.
p.s. I'd also like to see some kind of anonymous recruiting system like one of the commentators said.
p.s.2 I also like to point out two groups of people tech companies shy away from--the poors and the seniors.
Anonymous recruiting tends to result in less diversity in that it avoids the differently brilliant.