Re / code says it was $ 10 million, less than
other bidders such as Amazon offered.
Not exact matches
But Gates, we learn, is basically a mercenary who'd rather make his fortune by plundering
other people's programming genius (
such as his purchase of DOS for $ 50,000 from an unsuspecting programmer) and selling it with a little smoke and mirrors to the highest
bidder.
The bid bond also provides assurance to the project owner that should the
bidder be successful he / she will provide any
other required bonds as stipulated (
such as a performance bond or labor & materials bond).