> I believe reaching to Google from MS was a planned move.
Of course it was a planned move, it's not like a guy wakes up in the morning and calls a significant competitor to offer a joint bid on a billion+ patent trove while buttering his toasts.
> And it worked.
The only way for it not to work would be if Google had won their bids. As long as MSFT's joint bid got the prize they got out happy. Google tried to play a hard game, and they blew it.
Of course it was a planned move, it's not like a guy wakes up in the morning and calls a significant competitor to offer a joint bid on a billion+ patent trove while buttering his toasts.
> And it worked.
The only way for it not to work would be if Google had won their bids. As long as MSFT's joint bid got the prize they got out happy. Google tried to play a hard game, and they blew it.