RE: Solution to master/slave (humor, indeed)

Subject: RE: Solution to master/slave (humor, indeed)
From: "Margaritis, Peter" <PMargaritis -at- alldata -dot- net>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:24:53 -0400


And that legendary Western hero, `Bat Engineerson'?

I dunno.. I can't see Darth Vader breathing hard and saying:
"What is thy bidding, my Engineer?"

Regards,
Pete Margaritis
PMargaritis -at- alldata -dot- net

"Thank you... drive through..."

> ----------
> From: Chris Hamilton[SMTP:cah_91 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Reply To: Chris Hamilton
>
... I propose that we use engineer/tech writer. Its merits
> are obvious. Everyone knows how engineers treat us, and
> that's the perfect metaphor for the technological
> reality that master and slave represents. The slave is
> just told what to do by the master and must do it,
> with no regard to the slave's creativity and need to
> express itself. And, as we all well know, the entire
> world understands how we are downtrodden by oppressive
> engineers.
>
> There will be some problems at first. People will have
> to start ordering "Engineering FrameMaker" to
> understand the only DTP product Dan Emory has ever
> used.
>




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