I thought this parody of Job 1:21 might be original with me. I found only two references in my first try, both in reference to the Army Corps of Engineers and New Orleans. When I broadened my search to "the corp gives", I found 17,000 references, some of them with my meaning of Corporation.
I thought of this phrase as I was working with macros in Excel 2011 for the Mac. Microsoft took away macros in Excel 2008 and put them back in Excel 2011. But the macros that worked in Excel 2004 don't always work in Excel 2011.
Also, when I plugged my iPod into my Mac, iTunes would automatically be launched. iTunes would then begin syncing my iPod. This was true even with OS X Lion. Then in some version of iTunes the auto load/synch stopped. I have to start iTunes myself.
This certainly is just an annoyance compared to Job's problems, but one would think the "free market" could provide a more consistent and efficient experience for its customers.
