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You should listen, because not knowing this could be hazardous to yourĪs you can easily verify, in OS X the distinction between the name It reminded me of something rather ghastly about the Macintosh OS X Understand it, was never the correct name.) As I listened to this story I realized New name right: their editorial spelled it Dormaid, which "Maid" carried connotations of low-status unmarried femalesĭoing menial work for wealthy sons of theĮlite. Harvard's negotiated terms before theĬompany was permitted to operate, I was told, included a change to the Whether this was political correct, given the class implications (see theĮditorial in the Harvard Crimson, and the contemptuousīlog by a Harvard alum). There was some discussion in March 2005 of
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