On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:40:37 +0000, Derek Geldard wrote:
Or, to paraphrase my '70s (Texan) boss ...

"You spend time and money developing a concept, then just when you've
got it right some ****-arse comes along and copies it cheaper.

Yeah, copy it, cut corners, add crap that nobody actually needs, have a
big marketing campaign... public lap it all up, and by the time
they've realised it's a pile of crap the company who did all
the original hard work and made the better (but more expensive) product
has been forced out of business. At that point all the public can do is
continue buying more crap...

Most companies are run by idiots - but unfortunately most of the time they
seem to be selling to idiots, too :-(

I think it's all called "progress" usually.