Ah, yes, that most excellent justification for crappy software:

Developer: "It's OK if our program runs slow, processors are getting faster all the time." User: "Your program runs slow..." Developer: "Then get a new computer! More RAM! Faster processor! They're cheap!"

(The user does so. 6 months later, a new version of the software is about to be released...)

Developer: "It's OK if our program runs even slower, processors are getting faster all the time." ...