Comment Re:what did they expect? (Score 2) 144
Yeah, if only they had run this project in a city like Washington DC, we'd have computers that print money to cover their own costs.
First of all, EUR 30 in the mid-80s is equivalent to roughly EUR 55 today due to the effects of inflation
Newsflash, the Euro didn't even exist in the mid-80s.
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