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		Tyrannosaurs on July 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple, Microsoft, RIM, and others join forces to b... Part of the article seems to be predicated on the idea that Google only bid $900m for the Nortel portfolio. What happened to the stories about bidding assorted mathematical constants up to $3.1415926bn?

GHFigs on July 12, 2011 | [–]

They were ignored by people who can't fit that into their narrative.

mikeryan on July 12, 2011 | [–]

Yeah that's wrong. The 900m was a stalking horse bid (ie google made the first bid at 900m just to get the bidding started) it was not their final bid.

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