Således ydede Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland's regering ca. 800 mio USD til sin egen industri i perioden mellem 1976 og 1979, de franske mikroelektronikfirmaer fik mellem 500 og 600 mio, den britiske regering har investeret over 800 mio ECU i et generelt program med det formål at udvikle edb-industrien og støtte indsatsen for forskning og uddannelse.
Between 1976 and 1979 Germany pumped some USD 800 million into its electronics industry, French electronics firms received between USD 500 million and USD 600 million, while the British Government invested over 800 million ECU in a broad programme to promote its information technology industry and support a national research and education effort.