On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Xavier wrote: > Peter Alexander wrote: >> I recently stumbled across this (old) blog post: >> http://prog21.dadgum.com/13.html >> >> In summary, the author asks if you were offered $100,000,000 for some >> big software project, > > While this is a "silly little hypothetical thread" (and it is Friday > afterall so that probably explains the OP), I cannot fathom that amount > being spent on just software on one project (though I've worked on one > system, i.e., software + hardware, project worth 10's of millions). Maybe > someone here can? Examples please, or give the largest one you can think > of (it can be hypothetical). Remember, it's just software, not a system.
Top-tier computer game budgets are tens of millions of dollars.