Comments on: On Admiration http://www.wgrosso.com/quick-thoughts/on-admiration/ (the blog formerly known as "Wander, Think, Repeat") Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:46:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: weg http://www.wgrosso.com/quick-thoughts/on-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-36 weg Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:09:20 +0000 http://www.wgrosso.com/quick-thoughts/?p=80#comment-36 Envy was the wrong word. The thing I'm noodling on these days is the difference between "respect" and "admiration" There are lots of people who have accomplished a lot, who aren't admirable. I respect what they've done without admiring them. And it strikes me that blurring the difference between respecting what someone has accomplished and admiring them is a pretty big mistake. Envy was the wrong word. The thing I’m noodling on these days is the difference between “respect” and “admiration”

There are lots of people who have accomplished a lot, who aren’t admirable. I respect what they’ve done without admiring them. And it strikes me that blurring the difference between respecting what someone has accomplished and admiring them is a pretty big mistake.

]]> By: Richard Monson-Haefel http://www.wgrosso.com/quick-thoughts/on-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Richard Monson-Haefel Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:46:22 +0000 http://www.wgrosso.com/quick-thoughts/?p=80#comment-35 I don't envy Gosling. I admire him. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to create a new programming platform that gains any acceptance? Java didn't just happen by luck - if you think it was just timing or something you would be wrong. First off you have to do something technically unique or at least do it better than anyone before you to get noticed. Second you have to do something that solves a real problem for lots of people. Gosling did that. To say that a person's admiration for an inventor that has had a significant impact on the world is "incredibly wrong" is just plain weird. I don’t envy Gosling. I admire him. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to create a new programming platform that gains any acceptance? Java didn’t just happen by luck - if you think it was just timing or something you would be wrong.

First off you have to do something technically unique or at least do it better than anyone before you to get noticed. Second you have to do something that solves a real problem for lots of people. Gosling did that.

To say that a person’s admiration for an inventor that has had a significant impact on the world is “incredibly wrong” is just plain weird.

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