Because discoveries wouldn't be patented, contracts could be awarded to the lowest bidder.

由于发现不会受到专利保护，那些出价最低的竞标者就可以拿到合同。

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The lowest bidder was Zuckerberg, then a Harvard freshman.

当时报价最低的人是扎克伯格，时为哈佛一年级学生。

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After college Mason, a self-taught computer programmer, landed a coding gig at InnerWorkings (INWK - news - people), a Chicago firm that farms out companies' printing jobs to the lowest bidder.

大学毕业后，梅森，这位自学成才的计算机程序员，在InnerWorkings驾驭起自己的编程马车，InnerWorkings是芝加哥一家把印刷工作分包给最低投标者的公司。

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Private companies could do the actual administration, but as the largest bidder, government could guarantee the lowest-possible prices, monitor service and police fraud.

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InnerWorkings ( INWK - news - people ), a Chicago firm that farms out companies' printing jobs to the lowest bidder.

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