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Sure...and while we're at it, let's redefine
male/female as used in the electrical and plumbing
area, how about rewriting UNIX and some Windows
programs to remove the word Abort, kill, bash?
Look....our goal is to write instructions in a way
that they are best understood by our target audience.
I'm not going to try to attempt to change the way a
whole field communmicates because I happen to think of
an unrelated issuie when I see a commonly used term.
It's funny, but the only time I think of that meaning
of master/slave is when I see someone try to redefine
the language...not when I uise it 10 times a week in
its meant context.
--- "Mark L. Levinson" <markl -at- gilian -dot- com> wrote:
> I'd like to request an update on the usage of
> "slave" and "master" in computer terminology.
> If anyone feels the need for discussion, fine,
> but to me the question seems fairly simple.
What question? You issued a request to redefine the
language of several whole industries.
> Is the terminology offensive to anyone who is
> at all knowledgeable, and if so is there an
no, it is only offensive to the unknowledgeable and
narrow minded.
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John Posada, Merck Research Laboratories
Sr Technical Writer, WinHelp and html
(work) john_posada -at- merck -dot- com - 732-594-0873
(pers) jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com - 732-291-7811
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