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		dpapathanasiou on Sept 5, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's Government to Waste $130 Million Fighting ... Competing against Google is not necessarily foolish, but doing it under the auspices of a large government program is.

_csoo on Sept 5, 2007 [–]

Didn't France try this a few years ago?

neilc on Sept 5, 2007 | [–]

Yeah: France and Germany started Quaero for a mere $2.5 billion, which seems similarly doomed to failure. Germany recently pulled out and have started their own project, "Theseus".

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