OK, I am all for attempting not to offend people. I also know that some people are more sensitive to things than others. What pisses me off is stuff like this CNN Article. NO ONE is trying to put down slaver or make any political statement by using these terms for computers. Is the “Slave” server going to get upset? No, of course it wont. If you know anything about computers, the analogy of Master/Slave designation fits in some scenario’s. That is why they use them. In others they may be called Subscriber and Publisher, but the terms are used in different scenarios.
Come on people, aren’t we getting carried away with this stuff? What angers me is that this article said that some tech companies are also listening to these requests. Are we all a bunch of cry babies all of a sudden?
OK, rant over. This was just so funny and stupid at the same time, I had to discuss it. Thanks Keith for pointing this article out. Of course you should have been working when you did find it!!!