I like choices, but bursting through the gates with nothing behind you and then start throwing insults around doesn't seem to be the best way to conduct business.
I think we can all give him some slack. He was being flippant, and it came out wrong.
Unlike some spokesmen for some companies, he was not being mean-spirited, and he has explained his statement.
I agree with Loredo here, as the original person who the spokesperson was replying to when he said that, I see it as not a big deal. Because in all honesty he is right to a point.
It's text that you are reading it's hard to understand how he was saying it..
I don't think he was trying to come out and directly put down another company. It's with any other rig from any other company, over time it will become less effective.