Chapter 299: Big reversal! Er Gou's decisive kill!
It has been almost four months since Google sued Quantum Technology.
The whole United States is now in a very strange mood. Many, many people sincerely want Quantum Technology to win, or to be more precise, they want Master Ergou to win.
Of course, many of them are fans of "Breaking Bad", "The Walking Dead" and "The Hunger Games", and of course fans of "Fallout 3" and "The Witcher" series are more loyal and more in tune with technology.
But it's more of a mood, Dragon Quest.
Google is already a global giant. In the eyes of many technology workers, its reputation is still very good, and it is even like a temple of technology.
However, Leader Ergou is more in line with everyone's heroic sentiments.
In the eyes of many people, Google is the evil dragon, and of course... Microsoft is even more so.
However, countless people feel from the bottom of their hearts that quantum technology probably copied the underlying design architecture of the Android operating system.
Otherwise, there would be no such coincidence.
Of course, this is just a very vague concept.
This is also thanks to Google's extensive publicity and implantation of this concept for several months.
Although Quantum Technology's X operating system is more sophisticated, the design architecture and underlying architecture are more than 80% similar. In addition, Android has evidence that they had perfected the underlying design and architecture of the entire system at least before December 2004, when the X Research Institute had not yet been established and the X operating system had not yet been conceived.
Therefore, it must be the later one who plagiarized the former.
For most people, especially users of quantum phones, what they want is for Master Ergou to give a reason that convinces everyone.
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San Francisco, N.D.Cal (Northern District of California).
There are huge crowds of people here, and countless media outlets from all over the world are crowded here. Although they cannot enter the courtroom, they can broadcast the relevant developments in real time.
In addition, there were supporters from both camps holding various flags and shouting their respective slogans.
Channels such as CBS, BBC, NEW12, youtube, AMC, CNN, etc., each has its own cameras and various hosts standing in front of the camera.
It even includes China's CCTV, Shanghai TV, Jiangnan TV, Phoenix TV and so on.
"Dear audience members, there is less than an hour left before the court session begins."
"There will be a suspense next, that is, whether Lin Xiao of Quantum Technology, also known as the leader of Ergou, will appear in court, or whether Wu Di, the chief scientist of the China branch of X Research Institute, will still represent Quantum Technology in court."
"As everyone knows, Wu Di attended the press conference on behalf of Lin Xiao on May 31, and it was an unprecedented success."
This is Taiwan's TVBS.
The CBS host had a different tone.
"Although Google has been calling for Lin Xiao to attend the trial, the real defendant is XSOFT, so it would be appropriate for Wu Di or the person in charge of XSOFT to appear in court."
"Whether Mr. Lin Xiao appears in court or not will not affect the outcome of this trial."
However, CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox and other TV networks take a different stance.
"There is no doubt that Lin Xiao will not show up, because the possibility of losing this lawsuit is very high, and Lin Xiao has achieved great success in the United States in the past few years and has a huge halo."
"As long as he doesn't show up, even if he loses the lawsuit, the damage to his reputation will still be within a controllable range. Because the person in charge of XSOFT may have plagiarized, he can still tell fans around the world that this behavior has nothing to do with Ergou, he was unaware of it, and he is also a victim."
"Once he appears in court and is ultimately found guilty of plagiarism and infringement, he will have to bear the responsibility. This means that the halo he has built up over the years will be fatally damaged, and it will hurt the market value of Dream Vision, Facebook, and YouTube."
"Personal IP is a double-edged sword for a business."
"But there is no doubt that this case is of great significance, and it may represent a game between China and the United States regarding intellectual property rights."
Almost all media outlets have the same voice. For the sake of his own halo and the market value of his huge industry, Lin Xiao will definitely not show up at this trial.
However, at this moment...
A nondescript Mercedes Benz appears outside the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Suddenly, countless reporters and media swarmed over.
The car stopped and the door opened. The first person to come out was the leader of the Ergou sect, Lin Xiao.
Next to come was Ms. Gerken and assistant attorney Lian Yi.
“Click, click, click…”
Countless flashes of light went off simultaneously.
Almost all the cameras were pointed at him.
All the media were surprised. Lin Xiao actually showed up?
Is he going to appear in court? Is Google's provocation going to work? In the short distance of a dozen meters, countless media blocked the way and countless microphones were extended in front of Lin Xiao.
Many bodyguards and bailiffs stepped forward to block the reporters.
Lin Xiao suddenly stopped and his eyes fell on reporters from China's CCTV, Shanghai TV, and America's new12, CBS and other institutions.
But I don’t know how many reporters and hosts from TV stations crowded in.
"Mr. Lin, why are you here in this trial?"
Whether it is Chinese TV stations and media or American media, almost all of them asked the same question.
Lin Xiaozheng spoke slowly into the CCTV reporter's microphone: "In the eyes of many people, this is a story about a brave man fighting a dragon."
He spoke in English, because in this battle for operating systems, the domestic base is relatively solid, and he wants to fight for the global market.
Once Chinese is spoken, the topic is particularly directed towards the dispute between China and the United States, and the dispute over intellectual property rights between China and the United States.
Thanks to the fact that the China threat theory has not become popular in recent years.
But... the good times won’t last too long. In four or five years at most, the atmosphere won’t be the same anymore.
At least until now, cooperation between the two countries is greater than competition, especially in this financial crisis.
In a few years, the situation will be reversed. If such a lawsuit occurs again at that time, it will be extremely unfavorable.
Lin Xiao continued: "But in my eyes, Google is not an evil dragon. It remains proactive and full of pioneering and adventurous spirit."
"And I am undoubtedly a brave man."
"According to tradition, brave men will eventually turn into evil dragons. Once they cannot find a direction for innovation and breakthrough, they will become complacent and use their strength to suppress latecomers and innovators."
"Will a brave man like me turn into a dragon?"
"Probably not. When I lose my direction, I will choose to disappear completely."
"But at least for now, there is still a long way to go."
"I have said many times that the romance of the future is ByteDance and the starry universe."
"I hope that after this incident, we and Google can put aside our differences and move on."
“Thank you everyone!”
After finishing speaking, Lin Xiao led his team into the court! ……………………
The judge and jury in this trial were actually very conflicted.
Because many of them are using quantum phones and find them very, very useful.
However, they also feel from the bottom of their hearts that quantum technology must have been plagiarized.
Google's attorney, Bill Neyukum, said slowly, "Defendant, Mr. Lin, first of all, I would like to pay tribute to your heroic actions in the shooting two months ago. At the critical moment, you stood up and protected the two women without hesitation."
"You have embodied heroism. Whether in China or in the United States, you have met the expectations of countless people for a hero."
"So it seems to me that heroes are all proud, especially in front of a sacred court. They are all sincere and will not allow any lies to exist, right?"
Suddenly, Ms. Gerken immediately felt the trap, but the current narrative was beneficial to the judge and jury's impression of Lin Xiao, so she did not stand up to object.
Lin Xiao: "Of course, whether it's in court or not, whether I'm a hero or not, I shouldn't lie."
Bill: "Next, please allow me to show you the underlying architecture and design logic of the two operating systems!"
Next, the big screen in the courtroom and another lawyer, Liu Yitai, held up various paper documents in his hands.
The demonstration lasted several minutes.
Finally, Bill asked, "Mr. Lin Xiao, please tell me. Can two completely unrelated technology companies, without any communication or intersection, develop two operating systems at the same time, and have such high similarities in underlying design and architecture?"
"We have conducted another evaluation based on the work of an authoritative team and found that the similarity between the two operating systems in terms of underlying architecture and design has increased to around 86%."
"First of all, Mr. Lin, do you agree with this view?"
"The underlying architecture and design of the two operating systems are more than 80% similar?"
As soon as these words came out, Quantum Technology's attorney Gerken immediately stood up and said, "Objection!"
"The plaintiff's lawyer's questions were highly unreasonable and suggestive."
The judge thought for a moment and said: "The objection is invalid."
Bill asked, "Mr. Lin Xiao, answer me directly, do you agree with this view? Do you agree that the underlying architecture and design of the two operating systems are more than 80% similar?"
Then, everyone looked at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao said slowly: "I admit it!"
Suddenly, the whole audience was in an uproar! How could you admit it? You are passive by admitting it? Bill was overjoyed. The other party's leader was really too glorious. He was overwhelmed by the countless honors and praises recently. It was a stupid move for you to go to court directly. Now you are trying to be a hero and admit it directly.
Are you treating this courtroom as your own performance place? To play out your arrogant heroism? You will get yourself a bloody head if you do that.
Bill continued, "Then please answer my second question. If two unrelated companies were to develop two operating systems at the same time without any interaction or communication with each other, would the final products have such high similarities?"
“In other words, is it normal or abnormal to have such a high degree of similarity? Does it conform to the natural development logic of the two companies?”
"Mr. Lin Xiao, answer me!"
At this time, it is actually completely normal to answer.
Because there is actually no particularly standard answer. It can be said that once the decision is made to open source and once the decision is made to use the Linux kernel, the final design direction will be the same.
You can even say that although Android and IOS are one open source and one closed source, the two are very similar.
You can even say that the similarity between the two operating systems is more than 60%. Why don't you say that iOS copied you?
If we extend this further, we can also say that the DNA similarity between humans and dogs is more than 80%.
Of course, the opposing lawyers had already prepared for Lin Xiao to use this kind of answer, so they prepared further evidence.
Give a complete architecture diagram of both systems.
Both systems are built from the bottom up and are divided into five layers in total.
The Linux Kernel is the kernel space, and the upper layer is composed of Hal, Native system library (C/C++), virtual machine runtime environment, Framework (Java), and System Apk (i.e. user space). The kernel space and user space are connected through system calls (Syscall), and the Java Framework and Native layer in the user space are connected through JNI; thus, all frameworks are linked together to form a system.
Even the specific architecture, design ideas and design logic of each layer are the same.
For example, art-related functions, AOT and JIT, garbage collection system, sampling analyzer, observation points and design ideas for monitoring special sections.
Especially in terms of the ideas of the Java API Framework, they are almost exactly the same.
If the appearance is similar and some of the operating logic is similar, it would be fine, but the key is that the similarity is so high in such a detailed and complete architecture. How do you explain it?
There is no way to explain it.
The whole audience was still staring at Lin Xiao, waiting for his answer.
The plaintiff's legal team has already prepared the next wave of evidence, ready to directly slap Lin Xiao in the face.
As a result… Lin Xiao said slowly: “I agree with your point of view. It is completely abnormal that the two operating systems have such a high similarity.”
As soon as these words came out.
Not only the judge was surprised, but the jury was also surprised.
Even the plaintiff's legal team, the Google team, and the Android company team looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief.
You...where are you from?
Originally we only had a 70% win rate, but your answer made our win rate soar to 90%.
The so-called sincerity and the so-called inability to lie are all lies. They just try every possible means to make excuses in court.
How did you get all these halos? How did you survive until now and become a giant?
You have been childish since you appeared in court, and now you are becoming more childish.
But even though Lin Xiao answered like this, the other party's legal team still presented more detailed evidence.
The internal structure of the two systems, from text to diagrams, is fully displayed to everyone.
It has to be set in stone.
The purpose is to directly convict Master Ergou of the crime of plagiarism of Quantum Technology.
The opposing lawyers once again took the trouble to explain to the judge, the jury, and everyone present the similarities in the structures of the two operating systems, but this time they used a more radical term instead of "similar".
But use almost the same.
Words like exactly the same, identically the same.
Bill: "Your Honor, dear members of the jury, Mr. Lin Xiao has just admitted that such a high degree of similarity, even the exact same design structure, is completely abnormal."
"According to the relevant evidence we submitted, Android had already perfected the architecture of this operating system at least before December 2, 2004."
"Mr. Lin Xiao, please tell me, when did you start to establish the X Research Institute? When did you start to design the X operating system?"
Lin Xiao: "X Research Institute was registered and established on June 19, 2005, and XSOFT was established even later."
Winner!
The Google team, the Android company team, and the plaintiff's legal team were all delighted.
I originally thought that this third trial would be a fierce battle and the other party would argue to the end, because in the final analysis, there is still some ambiguity as to whether the so-called similarity of this operating system is plagiarism.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao was so frank and admitted everything directly.
Bill said in a loud voice: "Your Honor, dear jury, now the truth is completely revealed."
"Mr. Lin Xiao first admitted that the two operating systems were more than 86% similar, and he also believed that this was an abnormal and unnatural result of development, which was a disguised admission that there were elements of reference and plagiarism. Android had already perfected this architecture before December 2004. Half a year later, Mr. Lin Xiao established the X Research Institute and poached two core members and six backbone members from Android to start the research and development of the X operating system."
“So, there is no doubt that Quantum Technology’s X operating system is a copy of Google’s Android system.”
The other side's lawyer's remarks were almost the final word.
The judge and the jury almost knew the answer in their hearts. The judge asked, "Defendant, do you have anything else to say?"
Everyone looked at Ms. Gerken, the attorney representing Quantum Technology, but unexpectedly she did not come out. Instead, another member of the legal team stood up.
Many people present were surprised by her beauty.
Lian Yi looked at the judge and at the founder of Android sitting in the plaintiff's seat.
"Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury!"
"My client, Mr. Lin Xiao, has just clearly admitted that the similarity between the underlying architecture and design logic of the two systems exceeds 86%."
"In addition, he also admitted that this situation was very abnormal and did not conform to natural development, so there might be plagiarism involved."
"Then I would like to ask Mr. Andy Rubin, the plaintiff, do you agree with the above two points?"
The whole audience was stunned. This was exactly the point made by the plaintiff. This was the core theory to convict quantum technology.
Why do you ask the plaintiff? Andy Rubin, the plaintiff, looked at attorney Bill. After their eyes met, he stood up and said, "Of course, this has always been our view."
Lian Yi: "The plaintiff's point of view is that whoever came up with this perfect design architecture earlier is the authentic version of this system, and the later ones are plagiarists. Do you still hold this view?"
Andy Rubin looked at the legal team again.
The other team of lawyers suddenly felt uneasy.
What does this mean? This is clearly a point of view that is meant to convict you, so why do you keep asking us to confirm it?
But at this critical moment, to deny this point of view would be to overturn everything that had happened before.
So Andy Rubin nodded again and said, "We still hold this view. Xsoft is a latecomer and has poached our core members, so it copied our system and is a serious infringement of our intellectual property rights."
Lian Yi: "Your Honor, jury, in fact, regarding the underlying design logic architecture of this operating system, my client, Mr. Lin Xiao, proposed it earlier. The evidence provided by Android was in December 2004, while my agent presented it at least seven months earlier."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar again.
Andy Rubin shouted directly: "Impossible!"
Judge: "Quiet, quiet!"
Bill, the plaintiff's lawyer: "Defendant's lawyer, do you have any evidence? Your Honor, I require the other party to submit very authoritative evidence, not just a few witnesses."
Lian Yi: "We do have evidence!"
"Mr. Andy, my agent has sent people to contact your company many times, wanting to acquire Android, right?"
Andy Rubin: "Yes, we have been in contact for nearly a year. I met with Ms. Xia Xi from Lightning Technology more than three times."
Lian Yi: "So in January, March, and May of 2004, did you receive any emails from Mr. Lin Xiao, all about the concept of mobile phone operating system?"
"Especially the email on May 6, which contains the most basic design logic and structure of the X operating system."
Andy Rubin: "No, I haven't received any emails like that."
Lian Yi: "Your Honor, jury, please allow us to present the evidence."
At this time, Android, the Google team, and the plaintiff's legal team were becoming increasingly uneasy.
No way, no way! If that's the case, then... that's too scary.
Lian Yi took out her laptop, connected it to a large screen, then logged into the Yahoo Group's email system and directly looked up the email sending records from 2004.
A total of 7 emails.
Just as Lian Yi said, all of them were initiated by Lin Xiao, who discussed the mobile phone operating system with Andy Rubin, the founder of Android.
These emails are gradual.
Especially the email dated May 6th.
It clearly states the underlying design logic of the X operating system, with several major categories and five layers.
And each layered structure is clearly written.
Even the relevant charts are drawn very clearly, and some of them are even drawn directly on paper and then photographed and uploaded.
Although these underlying designs and architectures are somewhat different from the current operating system, the similarity is over 80%.
Because Google repeated the same thing over and over again, almost everyone at the scene accepted the chart all at once, and some even understood it a little bit.
That’s right, the underlying design logic architecture of the system in this email is complete, and even completely consistent with the current operating system.
Moreover, the date is clearly shown on the email record, which makes it impossible to forge it.
On May 6, 2004, it was about 7 months earlier than the complete system design architecture submitted by Android.
The whole audience was completely stunned.
People in the Android company and Google team were almost chilled to the bone.
The plaintiff's legal team was almost stunned.
Who could have thought?
Lin Xiao actually submitted such crucial evidence at this time and completed this major reversal.
The whole process was full of extreme drama.
This time, Lin Xiao and Quantum Technology not only cleared themselves of the suspicion of plagiarism.
On the contrary, Android company couldn't explain it clearly.
Now, the person suspected of plagiarism is not me, but you, Android company! …………………………
Note: Sorry, it's a little late again, but it's really hard to write! Tears...
(End of this chapter)
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