Objection Regarding Master And Slave Hard-drive ?

[OpaQue 15]

I heard that there has been an objection that has been taken against calling hard-drives MASTER and SLAVE. Someone said that it is kinda RACIEST and it will soon be renamed ?Do you know about it ?

[BioToXiC 0]

LMAO! It's been refered too as 'Master' and 'Slave' for years. I dont think they'd bother changing it now.Reasoning for the names:Master: The Master drive is connected directly through a serial cable to the MotherBoard. Or is the primary drive on a 2-connection serial cable. This is usually the HardDrive. As the HardDrive is your main drive, its is commonly refered to as the 'Master' drive.Slave: The slave drive is the second drive connected to a 2-connection serial cable. If the Master drive fails, the slave will try to take over the job. This drive is commonly the CD-Rom drive. As this is the seconadry drive it is usually called the 'Slave' drive.Is that good? If they change the names, Microsoft will have to change their programming and everything. when your computer starts up, you'll notice on a black screen it says:Master: <master specs here>Slave: <slave specs here>Secondary: <seondary specs here>etc...If changed this would have to change too. I can almost guarantee they wont change the names.

[RichT 0]

Things are just crazy these days. IF IT'S NOT BROKEN WHY FIX IT.Is everyone just bored and looking for something to do?

[Casanova 0]

Are they still pushing to get those names changed? I though this "issue" was resolver several years ago. What kind of people is actually offended by this?

[OpaQue 15]

I hope I made my point clear, I said they say that the names "MASTER" and "SLAVE" sound RACIST