Interfaces: PC and MAC and the screenGamma property...
Thomas J McGrath III
3mcgrath at adelphia.net
Sat Jan 3 23:38:30 EST 2004
Richard,
I didn't know you wrote the original thread. I was just reacting mid
thread. Sorry.
Thanks for your earnest reply. And I agree with you 100% as well.
Tom
On Jan 3, 2004, at 11:07 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
>
>> Yeah but look at your statement below. I would agree with you even
>> that
>> I am a preferred Mac user except you had to end the following
>> statement
>> with an attack with words.
>>
>> Your attack states that anyone who isn't like you can't see beyond
>> Steve's last keynote. This appears to be very much an attack.
>
> That's not exactly what I wrote. And what I ended with was "Long live
> Apple!"
>
> But an earnest communicator accepts responsibility for even
> perceptions, as
> clearer writing anticipates and avoids innacurate ones. Please accept
> my
> apologies for not expressing my feelings more clearly. It was not my
> intention to offend ayone who wants to see Apple succeed as much as I
> do.
> As an Apple customer, developer, and shareholder, their success is also
> mine.
>
> There are of course many types of Mac users, and I had tried to
> describe the
> only two types I know intimately because I have been each of them at
> different times.
>
> There are those who suggest Apple cannot make sometimes critical
> mistakes.
> I was one of these, and have been in MUGs with others of the same type.
> That such a type exists isn't something I invented. Don't shoot the
> messenger.
>
> And there are also those who question Apple from time to time, as Tog
> himself does. Only your best friend will tell you when you have salad
> on
> your teeth. Sometimes Apple listens, and when they do we all benefit.
> The
> last thing Apple needs is uncritical support, as that would only
> broaden the
> inevitable blind spots inherent in the human condition.
>
> Everyone makes mistakes, and through constructive feedback we improve.
> I
> appreciate yours, and will tune my writing accordingly.
>
> But there may be no stopping Tog. ;)
>
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> Richard Gaskin
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