Computer terminology and political correctness

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Nov 25 18:24:36 2003

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, John Lawson wrote:

> When I was doing contract work at Motown Studios - Berry Gordy forbid the
> use of those terms in relation to SMPTE devices... we had to use 'talker'
> and 'listener' (like GPIB).

So I guess albums at his studio are not "mastered" but rather "coaxed into
being model sources through gentle affirmation"?

Sounds like someone is carrying around some serious historical baggage ;/

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