[WinMac] Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will.

John W. McCarthy(jwmcmac[at]flash.net)
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 02:46:40 -0600

Listers:

This is somewhat off topic but may be apropos (appropriate) to the discussions.

The expression in the Subject field of this post was written for a good reason.

Without "Good Will" there can be no Peace. If we want Peace, we must
have "Good Will". It is the Truth.

The requirement of "Good Will" is that we proactively look for something
good in what the other person is saying or doing . . . or we try to.

Without "Good Will", we tend to see things the way we feel rather than
the way they are or could be. "Good Will" colors everything to the good
as "Bad Will" colors everything to the dark side.

Ever had your wife or girlfriend go off on you . . . for no apparent
reason?

Well, she obviously had very little "Good Will" for you or your opinions
at that moment. She was angry and anything you said (or didn't say)
could and would be used against you. Seems like a woman thing, but . . .

This is not just a problem of women against men. We all have this
problem when we don't have good will toward the other person, place or thing.

It is clear that Dan was hurt very deeply by Apple, because he probably
believed in or hoped for Apple very deeply at some time in the past.
Can't say for sure but it appears to be a classic Love/Hate thing.
Looks like it got pretty bitter.

I also was very distressed by the kill-the-clones thing. I wanted those
guys to succeed. But they really were draining Apple's pocket. We
still have cloners, sort of, . . . though they make processor Upgrades now.

?why? Dan feels the way he does about Apple/Jobs. I certainly don't
agree with him on some of it, but . . . I can see where he is coming
from once he has explained it . . . and I still may not agree, but I may
then be able to empathize a bit. And we listers just about always learn
some interesting facts about computing in the exchange between Dan and
others on the list.

Jobs is not the savior nor the goat that Dan or others might make him
out to be. It is more in your perspective of Jobs and in your "Good
Will" or lack thereof. Jobs is the man that had to make very hard and
difficult decisions that perhaps no other would have been willing or
able to make.

Jobs has done better than anyone thought he possibly could. I think the
guy before Jobs (forgot his name, darn it) did an excellent job getting
the company through the absolutely most fragile time in Apple's history.

Perhaps this is what Dan is unable to see about Steve Jobs, because Dan
has lost his "Good Will" toward Jobs. Without "Good Will", Dan can't
put himself in Steve's shoes, can't empathize, and can't resist to
denigrate the man . . . similarly to the analogy mentioned above about
an angry wife.

. . . see what I mean about humor and "Good Will"?

Everything I said above, if taken wrongly, could be a source of extreme
aggravation, especially to Dan . . . ,or, if you look for it, you could
probably find some humor in there somewhere . . . in the analogy.

GodBless

Patrick Kelly McCarthy

PS

This is a great list. There are many smart people on it . . . who are
very helpful and very gracious.

IMO, the arguments have been restrained and with some humor . . . which
sometimes masquerades as a diatribe instead of humor.

Who wants a completely bland list? Strong feelings can add some spice
to the mix. Can you have strong feelings and "Good Will"? It is even
more necessary to have "Good Will" under that circumstance.

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