> -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Andrew Warren > Sent: November 26, 2003 15:50 > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT]: Un-frigging-believable > > > Jinx wrote: > > > http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3 > > 8908 64 [which described the City of Los Angeles's recent email to > > its computer-equipment suppliers asking them to avoid using the > > term "Master/Slave" in product descriptions] > > I'm surprised by the piclist's response (Lawrence Lile's > excepted) to this. Our reaction to this isn't due to just this occurrence, it's the "trend" to PC everything out there. If you let this slip, where does it end? It's a very slippery slope, and, in my opinion, this one is too far down that slope. TTYL ---------------------------------- Herbert's PIC Stuff: http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body