Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology

Subject: Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology
From: David Dvorkin <dvorkin -at- BOLIX -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:30:02 -0600

Referring to the question of "master" and "slave" are inappropriate terms,
Don Timmerman wrote:

>Why? The use of master and slave as quoted below fits the definitions
>provided by my 1993 Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth
>edition.

Could you expand ever so slightly, Don? Quote the relevant part of the
definition, perhaps

David Dvorkin
Qualix Group, Inc.
Boulder Development Ctr.
mailto:dvorkin -at- bolix -dot- com

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