[codewhisperer]

Completely fascinating rant.

Somewhere there's a counter argument in favor of non-critical systems achieving planned obsolence through joint failure and the economic benefit of consumers purchasing replacements. I'm not about to make it myself, but it is available.

[mhb]

It's available, incorrect, and was refuted in 1850 (search for broken window parable).

[hobbs]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window