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Subject:Re: slave/master terminology From:Theresa Perkins <tperkins -at- LEXMARK -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:52:09 EST
Vicki wrote:
>> Opening a new can of worms, what about "slave" and "master" terminology
used in the computer world. Does that not offend? <<
Actually...
At Morehead State University, in Morehead, Kentucky, one lady was so offended
by the save/master terminology that the university's Department of Information
Technology had to change its software.
Theresa L. Perkins
(tperkins -at- lexmark -dot- com)
