I always thought the use of master/slave terminology on ide hard drives was amusing because of the s&m connotations, but then I was a bit of a weird kid. I gues

I always thought the use of master/slave terminology on ide hard drives was amusing because of the s&m connotations, but then I was a bit of a weird kid. I guess that is one of the few instances where thinking about s&m is the more innocent option. Leader/follower is not a bad change, it is perfectly understandable for people used to the existing terminology and has less distracting connotations.