[OM] Re: Quiet, quiet, quiet

[ScottGee1]

On 3/9/07, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
SNIP!

> iPods don't get repaired. There's a company here selling a cheap
> Chinese washing machine - 3 month guarantee. It breaks under
> warranty, it's replaced without question. It's also pretty much
> guaranteed not to last longer than a couple of years and won't be
> worth repairing.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

When I was working on my Masters about 18 years ago one of my profs
lamented that socks he bought back in the 40s and 50s would last for
years and he could no longer find any that would last a year.

Keeps us buying and the factories humming.

In a nutshell, the not-so-new Master Plan.

ScottGee1

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