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Re:Microsoft's Surface sales figures are in, and they're hid... by strandev on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:04PM (#6131203)
12.5+ billion dollars isn't intangible, even for Google.
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Re:Microsoft's Surface sales figures are in, and they're hid... by treeface on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:41PM (#6131336)
He's trying to say that Google paid something tangible for something intangible. It's difficult to estimate the present value of a patent portfolio, ergo it's "intangible".
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