July 2, 2011
"It became clear that they were bidding with the distance between the earth and the sun. One was the sum of a famous mathematical constant, and then when it got to $3 billion, they bid pi."

Anonyme Quelle, die die Gebotstaktik von Google, während der Auktion um die Nortelpatente erklärt

Tau wollte Google dann aber doch nicht bieten?!