Re: Replacing "master" and "slave" terminology

[Yves Jeaurond <jingting -at- rogers -dot- com>]

Wow. What an interesting thread; like reading Plato's _Cratylus_ :-)
  Gene makes a good point as always: we are left with two nouns;
  slave(1) and slave(2). They look the same, but do not mean the same.
   
  Reminds me of my days as a math tutor for high-school kids.
  One kid thought the "x" variable in all of the equations had to 
have the same value (<grin> She added "Just like a '2' does").
  When I pointed out that x(1) has the same value as x(n) only
on an equation-by-equation basis, she figured the rest out quickly
and her grade went from D to A-.
   
  Here we have the same sort of atrophy: "slave" does not have
the same value in all topics, just as "x" doesn't have the same
value in all equations. If a high-school kid figured that out,
  dare I hope that the illustrious adults on this list will too?
   
  Your faithful servant---as they used to sign off with, in the XVIIIth century---,
   
  YJ
  p.s. For those who feel they must pursue the matter, please do not
       read the _Cratylus_. Not only did Plato own real slaves, he documented
       in the _Cratylus_ the many points that can be made when identical names
       mean different things. :-)
  

Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> a écrit :
  I'm not sure how it's "good communication" if a reader
sees "master/contributor" and thinks the "contributor is
somehow sending data or materials to the "master" and
you end up having to explain that "contributor" actually
means "slave."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Abels, Marci A [NTK]" 
>I agree that master/slave is a good description, but, as pointed out here 
>already, it will get in the way of good communication for some of the audience. 
>I have used manager/contributor to describe this relationship.
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