Anyone who thinks Groupon has been caught off guard here - I highly suspect this was part of the preliminary due diligence process in order to get the $6 billio

Anyone who thinks Groupon has been caught off guard here - I highly suspect this was part of the preliminary due diligence process in order to get the $6 billion figure on the table when the offer was made. In fact it seems like it would have been one of Google's bargaining chips to get a better price. "We offer $6 billion - you'd probably better take it because our BATNA is to launch Google Offers in Q2 2011..."