how i bought the whole world

I have never been afraid of thorns. I am the biggest thorn. So far, I have done countless headaches.Ever since I headed straight to Wall Street with only two thousand dollars, is there anything I've done that isn't crazy?So people like Andy Rubin don't have any sense of threat in my hands. Even if there is, I will make him docile.

Brandon read what I was thinking. "Of course you're not bad, boss. When it comes to getting in trouble, you're one of the best."

I intend to take this statement as a compliment.

"What is Google's attitude now?" I returned to the topic.

Brandon sat down in front of me, "They have two concerns now. First, Andy Rubin is not easy to control. He is a geek (geek), freedom of belief, extreme ego, and loves to challenge authority. If Google With the Android company in their pocket, they are not sure if Andy Rubin will make the mistakes he made at Microsoft. Second, Android has not yet produced the first generation of Android system, Google can't see the results, their company's Some people oppose this acquisition, thinking that smartphones cannot become mainstream in the future."

I narrowed my eyes, "But you guys think they will definitely come up with results."

"When the first generation of personal computers were put into use, countless people laughed at IBM as a dream, but IBM succeeded. When Apple wanted to make ipod music instruments, everyone thought that Apple could not make a profit in the market, but Apple It worked too." Brandon shrugged, "I think this is an opportunity, maybe the closest we can get to our goal, what do you think?"

Brandon is right. Andy Rubin is indeed a very good choice. Just judging from his past achievements, I have a hunch that Andy will give me a satisfactory answer.Of course, I can find other companies to make the smartphone platform I want, but whether it can be like Android is debatable.

"I want to know more details, Brandon, I want to meet this Andy Robin."

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"I have failed." Andy said to me as soon as I met, "You know I made an app eight years ago. It was not a very mature product. At that time, I only considered the whole system. Performance, I didn’t expect that after it went on the market, there were not many hardware devices that could support ap, so it failed. It took me several years of work, but in the end it was nothing. After that, I also made generalmagic and sidekick, and the effect was not very good. The reason is still the same, if the hardware and software do not match, even if it is approved, it cannot be put into application, and if a product cannot be applied, then even if it is successfully manufactured, it will be regarded as a failure.”

I smiled slightly, "Are you asking me why I want to buy your company?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "Yes, Mr. Field, you are too young, I'm not sure if you can afford to fail, in the outside world, failure is a common thing, just look at the various garbage products Sony researches. "

I said, "Maybe I know a little more about your product than you think."

"Like?"

"For example, I know that the Android you developed this time is an operating system developed based on the linux kernel. Linux itself is an open source operating system. Anyone can modify its source code. It has a shared library that can Gather the thoughts and essence of programmers from all over the world. You put the Android system in the mainline kernel tree of Linux, you want it to become such an open source software, right? Countless people will study it and improve it. Most of the mobile devices Manufacturers will also work hard to adapt to it, even if you consider the situation after each mobile phone software grows in the future, if millions of smartphone software are put into the market, you need a unified system to carry them, and Android is what you designed The best carrier."

"It seems that you did do some research, which is not bad for a layman," said Robin, "but it's just an idea."

"Enough Andy, at least for me, is enough. Why do you think I'm afraid of failure, I'm young, I'm angry for failure, if I'm 60 years old, maybe I'll take a safe path, waiting for countless of you Try the water first and then buy a company to develop my own mobile phone system, but then I won’t be able to make a lot of money. Only those who dare to be the first to eat crabs will always succeed, this is my creed.”

Andy Rubin suddenly laughed, "Make a lot of money? I thought I was crazy enough, but you are even more crazy than me. Do you think Android can lead the times? It's still a semi-finished product that hasn't come out of the laboratory yet."

"Leading the times requires us to create," I said.

Andy Rubin shook his head, "Field, what you said is very beautiful and specific. You are an orator who can infect many people, but you still can't impress me. When I invented Android, I found that Android Another failure, why? If the success of Android is that it is an open source software, then its biggest drawback is also an open source software. Open source means free, and Android is a completely free system. The system pays."

I laughed, "Maybe you should look at how our e-commerce platform relies on free to make money. Free has never been a problem for us, customers are. But you are right, Android does have drawbacks, and it is still a problem. Malpractice that needs to be fixed in the first place.”

Andy Rubin was a little curious, "Oh? Let's hear it."

"If you want to know what's wrong, let me first explain how we make money from free." I took him into the showroom of our company's achievements, "We make money through advertising, we need a large number of customers to log on to the website, and then rely on settled Merchants charge service value-added fees to make profits. We are advertisers. Maybe you think that advertising can’t make such a big profit. Then I will tell you an exact figure. Our company signed an 8000 million contract with Procter & Gamble, the largest daily necessities company in the United States this year. advertising contract, it will get a high recommended position on our Atlantic e-commerce platform. This is just the basic condition, and there are some additional conditions. For example, when the number of website visitors reaches 5000 million a day, Procter & Gamble will also Pay our extra value-added fees. Some time ago, I got news that our website has reached 5500 million page views a day, which means that many companies that have signed advertising contracts with us will have to re-sign advertising sharing contracts with us .”

"And in my mind, the Android system will also apply the same model. The Android system needs some programs that cannot be deleted. The first is specific software such as browsers, software platforms, and shopping platforms. These software must be developed by Android companies. The second is external Fee-charging software can be maps, game platforms and other areas that companies do not involve. If the developers of these software want to install these binding programs on our system, then they have to pay for it, which can be a share or a purchase. Let’s see how these software get application prospects.”

"It's achievable." Andy Rubin said, "This solves the problem of Android being free and unprofitable. So what do you mean by the disadvantages?"

"Andy, don't think I'm talking nonsense. I think that free Android is not a disadvantage, but sharing is. Android is an open source system. What is open source? Open source means that in addition to using the system for free, anyone can modify the system anytime and anywhere. Kernel tree. When these external personnel get our internal system data, our projects that can make money will be modified. If they are lucky, they will just delete these profitable software. If they are not lucky, they will add their own software and ours. Competition, this is a situation we absolutely don't want to see, and this is what I call the biggest drawback of Android."

Andy Robin shook his head, "This is too contradictory, Field, since you need Android to occupy a large market share, then it must be an open source software, but you refuse to disclose your commercial secrets, which can only be achieved by non-open source software , Let’s go back to what I just said, Android is a failure, and it’s impossible for you to make money from it.”

"You are wrong." I smiled, "I have a better way to solve this problem. We can make the Android system free, but the kernel is not shared, so that our system will not be tampered with by others."

"Impossible." Andy Rubin retorted, "Linux is an operating system under the GPL agreement. This agreement ensures that Linux is open and shareable, and at the same time makes the Android system based on the Linux system under this agreement. Android Of course it could be modified to a confidential system, but legally, this approach is not acceptable."

"We can, as long as you use other methods to bypass the gpl agreement. What we need is the apl agreement. The Android database can no longer use linux glibc as the c library. Android needs to study its own c library for its use. Its driver The best way is to design a platform, open a small door between linux and android, the driver can touch linux in the middle layer, but under the apl agreement, we can guarantee the safety of our program Integrity and confidentiality, but at the same time we can also get support from linux."

This is a very safe and shameless approach, which means that it is impossible for android to be integrated into the kernel tree of linux. Android will have its own branch, and this branch can also be relied upon by various software vendors. Benefits of open source software, but do not need to pay for it. The founder of linux will be mad at me. He probably didn't expect that someone would take advantage of this loophole to take advantage of linux.

Andy Rubin's eyes lit up, as if he was considering the feasibility of this plan.

I don't know if he will be persuaded by me, but I hope he will. This plan is not my personal idea, but Yitzhak and his team. In order to get the support of Andy Robin, we put We spent the whole day convincing him to agree to our acquisition, and finally we came to the conclusion that only by solving the biggest problem of Android company can we make Android company, or Andy Rubin into one of our own. member.

"It's really you who can come up with such a method." Andy.Lu Bin suddenly said loudly, "That's right, after the establishment, we only need to disclose the code of the middle layer, which guarantees the interests of Android and manufacturers, and can also get the support of Linux, which is perfect! "

He walked up and down excitedly, constantly muttering something, Andy Rubin has been completely immersed in this idea, I have a hunch, if you give Andy a computer now, he will immediately sit down and verify that it works Can't succeed.

But suddenly, Andy stopped in his tracks. He turned his head slowly, looked at me and elongated his voice, "Field, you tell me so easily, are you not afraid that I will tell Google in turn? You know, they are large computer technology companies. , Compared with studios like yours, they can give me more money investment and talent support."

There is a show!I was overjoyed.

"Of course you can say it, Andy." I still smiled, "Then you find that you can't do your robot research in their company, and you can't build the safe house you want in your office, just as you As you said, they are a 'large computer technology company', with a group of serious, mean executives and shareholders who don't understand computers at all. Their information team will trouble you every day, just because you changed the system and fired their CEO Just kidding, honestly, Andy, do you really want to work for that kind of company? Haven’t you learned enough from Apple and Microsoft?”