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pohl
on Aug 3, 2011
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When patents attack Android
What you're saying does not contradict the meme at all. The meme goes that Google first bid Brun's constant, then upped it to the Meissel–Mertens constant, and finally pi.
That's more than one bid.
orangecat
on Aug 3, 2011
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And then they continued bidding to over $4 billion. There's nothing to indicate that bidding non-round amounts changed the outcome.
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That's more than one bid.