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   From: rambam@bigpond.net.au   
      
   Roger  writes:   
      
   > what it the *point*?  *Why* would such a fake even be considered.   
      
   Several things:   
      
   1. The Russians were so disheartened by this that their country never really   
   recovered. It led indirectly to the breakup of the soviet union.   
      
   2. Prestige and PR   
      
   3. SGI needed a big computer contract.   
      
   4. It was a useful way of accounting for money that went into various   
   slush funds and mind control projects.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)