Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): according to the study , if all this software had been developed by conventional proprietary means , it would have cost about $ -lrb- us dollars -rrb- to develop in the united states.
Output (English): the study showed that if all tis software had been developed by normal proprietary means , it would have cost about $ -lrb- us dollars -rrb- to make in the united states.