Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Take the oldest sporting trophy in the world. Add two multi-millionaires, each with an axe to grind and you end up with the costliest pissing contest the planet has ever hosted.
Early budget estimates put Alinghi's expenses in the region of $47m. Ellison stated in an interview that the BMW Oracle budget was in the vicinity of $200m. Whether these figures are anywhere near what was actually spent, we will more than likely never know.
