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At 10:16 AM 9/19/97 -0500, Chris Hamilton wrote:
>I don't want to draw this out or give it new life, but here's the deal:
>
>The product I'm currently documenting has something called profiles, of
>which there are three flavors: master, server, and thread. The master
>profile is just a list of all the resources that can be included in the
>server and thread profiles. (I'd go into what all that means, but it
>can't be done quickly.)
>
>There's no mention of slaves anywhere. So, is the use of the word
>"master" without the context of slaves offensive?
>
Good question. What about "multiple master" font technology?
--Wayne
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