>The pinnacle of design is a product that works flawlessly until the day you are through with it What about the 2nd, 3rd, etc user of the item? You're ignorin

>The pinnacle of design is a product that works flawlessly until the day you are through with it What about the 2nd, 3rd, etc user of the item? You're ignoring the second hand market. I use Cameras that were made in the 30's, they still work despite the original user being "through with it" some time ago.