Derek Geldard wrote:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:16:27 -0500, Jules
wrote:

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.


Now I'm sad.

Did a quick Google and did not find it.

Was that by The Yardbirds in the 60s?