Total Cost For France.fr: €4 Million Euros.
I know, I can’t let it go. I’ve been fascinated by the France.fr saga since it’s “launch” day and its nearly immediate crash. It’s supposed to be a grande multi-language portal for French culture and tourism, generously paid for by French taxpayers. The site was down for over a month (even French entrepreneurs were laughing) and finally went live on August 16. Anyway, it turns out the whole project went just a tad over budget and will end up costing around €4 million euros.
