Chapter 300 A great victory!
"I swear to God, I have never received this email!" Andy Rubin shouted, "This evidence is forged. It is well known that Yahoo Group is an absolute ally of Lightning Technology."
He regretted saying this because he was so angry.
Next, Lian Yi directly logged into another email system.
hotmail!
After entering, I also saw the same email sending records as in Yahoo Mail.
After opening, every email is exactly the same.
"My client sincerely had in-depth technical exchanges with Mr. Andy in order to acquire Android and realize his dream of developing mobile Internet."
"So I sent it through Yahoo Mail first, but I didn't get a reply, so I sent it again through Hotmail."
"However, I never received a response from Mr. Andy from beginning to end."
Andy Rubin once again shouted, "I swear, I've never received an email like this."
Lian Yi asked: "Mr. Andy, is this email account yours?"
Andy Rubin was about to answer instinctively, but he quickly caught the lawyer's gaze.
"I'm so sorry, it's been so long and I've forgotten a little bit, but I can swear that I have never seen these emails."
Lian Yi: "This is Mr. Andy's public news material that proves that this email account belongs to you."
Then she showed a series of web page screenshots and news screenshots.
Andy Rubin: "Maybe this email address is mine, but because it is a public email account, it is filled with a lot of spam. I gradually abandoned it and rarely logged in. Even if I logged in, I couldn't browse the huge amount of emails in it."
"And Mr. Lin Xiao, if you want to discuss these technical details with me, why don't you send it to my private email?"
Lin Xiao: "Mr. Andy, Ms. Xia Xi from Lightning Group has met with you three times and talked with you three times. The first two times, she went directly to the company to find you, and there was not even a private meeting. You did not give her any personal business cards. It was only when Mr. Masayoshi Son introduced you for the third time that you gave Ms. Xia Xi a personal business card with your personal email address on it."
Lian Yi: "Mr. Andy, if possible, could you please open this email account to see if you have received these emails?"
"Objection!" The other lawyer said directly: "This request is very rude. My client's email contains a lot of confidential information and even personal privacy. How can I open it in public?"
This must not be opened.
Because once you open it and find these emails and have read them, you can't wash them away even if you jump into the Mississippi River.
Judge: “The objection is valid.”
Lian Yi: "Your Honor, the jury, whether it is the District Court or the San Francisco Police Department, they all have relevant technical teams that can verify the authenticity of our evidence."
"If necessary, we can even ask Yahoo or Hotmail to open relevant data."
Basically, whether it is the judge, the jury, or everyone present, they can easily make a judgment that the email sending record is definitely true and there is no possibility of falsification.
Although Yahoo Group and Quantum Technology are allies, it is absolutely impossible to bribe Yahoo Group to do such a thing.
Hotmail was acquired by Microsoft a long time ago, so it is even more impossible to fake it.
Plaintiff's lawyer: "Your Honor, I beg you to adjourn the court for now so that we can collect new evidence and then reopen the court."
The judge looked at Lin Xiao's side and said, "Defendant, what are your opinions?"
Lian Yi: "Although we are eager to get a result, we respect the plaintiff's opinion."
"And I think the district court does need time to examine the new evidence we provide."
Judge: "Okay, the third trial is temporarily over. We will reopen the trial after both parties collect new evidence!"
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Soon, in less than ten minutes, a large number of media outside had already received the live broadcast of the third trial.
The most fatal thing is that in order to kill Quantum Technology, Google proposed that the third trial be open to the public. And Quantum Technology also agreed.
so……
This news immediately spread to the whole world at the fastest speed.
"A shocking reversal!"
"I thought quantum technology was going to lose this time, but it turned the tables."
“Google is the real plagiarist!”
"Quantum Technology has produced the most crucial evidence, completely proving its innocence!"
This time, Lin Xiao quickly got into the car, did not accept any interviews, did not make any declarations of victory, and did not show any signs of being a smug person.
Countless reporters surrounded Andy Rubin and the Google team.
"Mr. Andy, have you read the email from Master Ergou?"
"Mr. Andy, is the birth of the current Android system due to the underlying design of Master Ergou?"
"Mr. Andy, is Android a copy of OS X?"
The Google team and the Android team said nothing, looked livid, and got into the car.
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After returning to the company.
Under the watchful eyes of several Google bosses, Andy Rubin opened the long-forgotten email account.
Because this is a public email account, there are a huge number of emails of various kinds, a considerable portion of which discuss technology, some are erotic, and some are blackmail.
Just turn to January 2004.
Sure enough...I saw the emails sent by Lin Xiao.
From January to May, these emails just lay there quietly.
And the most important thing is that a small half of the emails are in the read status.
Instantly! Google's Schmidt's face turned cold.
"Andy, why didn't you provide this key information?"
"Do you know how passive this makes us?"
"If you had provided this information earlier, why would we be in such a mess?"
Andy Rubin: "I may have read these emails, but I just clicked on them, glanced at them briefly, and then closed them. As you can see, there are too many emails discussing technology. His emails are not much different from those of other technology enthusiasts. And not everyone likes to discuss with technology enthusiasts. Everyone has different personalities."
But your character has caused us so much harm.
Next, Schmidt, Bill, Andy and several core members held a small meeting.
Attorney Bill: "First of all, Andy must insist again and again, no matter where you are, even in court, that you have not read these emails. Otherwise, Android will be charged with plagiarism."
Andy Rubin: "I haven't seen it in the first place."
Schmidt suddenly said, "I suddenly remembered that Lin Xiao really likes to communicate with people via email. Even seven years ago, when he was just a high school student, he wrote me an email to discuss the future development trend of the Internet."
However, Schmidt was quite interested in discussing with Lin Xiao at that time.
But Andy Rubin completely ignored these emails.
Schmidt: "So now a question arises. Lin Xiao has such crucial evidence, why didn't he bring it out earlier?"
Bill: “Because he wants to maximize profits.”
"First of all, Quantum Mobile was not well-known around the world. Even though he was called Mr. Miracle in the United States and had accumulated a large number of fans, and even though Quantum Mobile was very well made, it still lacked sufficient exposure."
"Google is a global technology giant. We invested a lot of public opinion resources to hype the plagiarism of quantum technology. After several months of fermentation, the lawsuit became known to the world and attracted global attention. Therefore, the exposure of quantum mobile phones has also been greatly improved. Although quantum mobile phones cannot be compared with traditional mobile phone giants in terms of sales, anyone who cares about technology will definitely know this mobile phone brand."
"Under normal circumstances, even if you invest hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in publicity, it is difficult to achieve such exposure and focus."
"Therefore, quantum phones need this lawsuit even more."
"in addition……"
"I feel as if quantum technology deliberately exposed relevant weaknesses from the beginning, so that we could desperately attack this weakness. Ultimately, the focus of the entire trial was on the five-layer architecture of the operating system, all the layered architectures of each layer, and the entire underlying design."
"Because judges and juries are not very technology-savvy, we need to make the vague concept of plagiarism clear and graphical."
"And quantum technology seems to be constantly exposing this weakness, and it's becoming more and more deadly, making us more and more excited, and we feel that we are getting closer to victory."
“Looking back now, Quantum Technology has actually been cooperating with us to make this concept of plagiarism clear and graphical.”
"And we sent out a lot of press releases to publicize these underlying architectures and diagrams to the world."
"As a result, the eyes of the judge and jury, and even the world, are all focused on the five-layer architecture, dozens of layers of small architecture, and the clear architecture diagram."
"We have spent astronomical amounts of money on propaganda to implant this concept into the minds of people around the world."
"Then, this clear idea was used by Lin Xiao, who produced key evidence to reverse the situation at the last moment, not only proving his innocence, but also making us plagiarists."
"In this way, he can announce to the world that X operating system is the orthodox one and Android is the copycat."
"Because he poached two founders and four key members of Android, this matter can never be cleared. Through this lawsuit, not only can it be cleared, but it also sets the tone directly."
"So I even suspect that he had thought of this day five years ago. So five years ago, he made the layout just for today's crucial blow?"
When these words came out, Schmidt and Andy Rubin took a breath of cold air.
If that's the case, it's terrible.
Five years ago, he thought that the acquisition of Android might fail? Five years ago, he thought that this lawsuit might happen? Five years ago, he thought that you would have a super giant like Google competing with him for the orthodox position of the operating system? Impossible, absolutely impossible! The Chinese are proficient in the art of war, but they are not prophets. It is impossible to predict the future, and it is impossible to plan five years in advance.
Bill: "Of course, all this doesn't make much sense now. The key is what to do next? Can you come up with more solid evidence, such as earlier evidence? Evidence earlier than Lin Xiao's?"
Andy Rubin: "Absolutely impossible."
Schmidt: "Even if we can produce earlier evidence, I suspect Lin Xiao will provide new evidence, perhaps a record of a meeting with his colleagues, or a technical discussion on a mobile phone operating system, etc."
Bill: "If you can't produce earlier evidence, can you find a clearer concept to prove that the X operating system copied the Android system. But it's not the five-layer architecture, dozens of small layers, or the structural diagram?"
Andy Rubin thought for a while and said, "No, because the X operating system is more complete, more gorgeous, more advanced in operation logic, and more advanced in UI design. The only thing we are ahead of is the underlying technology. When it was first released, public opinion was almost unanimous in supporting them, saying that how could an advanced company copy a backward company? We spent a lot of time and resources to change the perceptions of countless people, pinpointed the point of plagiarism on the underlying architecture design of the system, and made a diagram to make the plagiarism clear to the public."
"We have used up all our authority in changing people's perception this time."
"It cannot be reversed again, because no matter what, it is impossible to believe that a more complete and more beautiful system that perfected the underlying architecture design earlier is a copy of a later and cruder system."
Bill: “That’s… troublesome!”
"The only solution now is reconciliation."
"Google went to Quantum Technology to settle and chose to withdraw the lawsuit directly."
"But there is no doubt that Quantum Technology will immediately sue Google, saying that you copied the X operating system and infringed their patents, and demand a global ban on the sale of Google's G1 phone."
Fuck! This would have all sounded ridiculous before.
But now it sounds like everything is so reasonable. If you can do it on the first day, I can do it on the fifteenth.
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At this time, not only the media in the United States, but also the media around the world, were reporting this major case of the century.
Almost every media report made the sky of victory slide towards Lin Xiao and towards quantum technology.
"Ergou still has great fantasies and expectations for Google. He said Google is not an evil dragon and still maintains a positive and enterprising spirit and a pioneering and innovative spirit."
"But I want to tell Master Ergou that it's time to break this filter."
"Google has turned into a dragon!"
This incident was also being broadcast on the TV in the pub, and the host's tone was full of sarcasm.
Soon, Lin Xiao appeared. Both parties were searched to ensure that there were no recording devices.
"Lin, let's reconcile."
"Google is withdrawing the lawsuit," Schmidt said straight to the point.
Lin Xiao: "No problem, just agree to my three conditions."
Schmidt: “You say.”
Lin Xiao: "The first condition is that Google publicly apologizes to Quantum Technology for defaming us and compensates for the loss of our reputation."
"The second condition is to publicly acknowledge that operating system X is the orthodox one."
"The third condition is that we have applied for many relevant patents, and you have infringed on more than a hundred of our patents. You must compensate us for these infringements."
After Schmidt heard this, his face almost twitched.
"Lin, this is America."
Lin Xiao: "I believe in fairness and justice here."
Schmidt: "Lin, how about this? Android and Xsoft merge, we own 60%, you own 40%, and we Google pay a billion dollars for it."
"I think you should definitely agree to it, because then you can easily get support from hardware giants such as Lenovo, Motorola, LG, HTC, Samsung, etc."
"Our systems are very similar, and this kind of internal friction will undoubtedly benefit Apple and Microsoft."
"And I heard that you were planning to make XSOFT independent and let mobile phone manufacturers invest in it."
"Instead of letting these mobile phone manufacturers join, it is better to let Google join."
Lin Xiao was silent for a long time.
This condition sounds very tempting, but... it still doesn't work.
Because it is impossible for Google to give up its dominance and control. Once the merger takes place, then as the two countries confront each other, Google will definitely expel the Lin Xiao faction completely.
So, Lin Xiao still shook his head.
Schmidt said slowly: "Lin, the outcome of a lawsuit cannot determine anything."
"You rejected the best offer I made, which means a protracted war."
"We have a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars and a strong influence around the world. Even if we lose this lawsuit, we can still make it back elsewhere. We can still find your flaws elsewhere and continue to attack."
"You are so small that you can't support such a big battle."
"One battle cannot decide a war. Just like Japan's victory in the attack on Pearl Harbor could not change the outcome of the US-Japan War. This is because the industrial scale of the United States far exceeded that of Japan at the time. You are so smart, you must know this."
"Because of the financial crisis, the United States needs your country to make great efforts to help the world overcome this crisis. But what about a few years later? The political climate has changed. Can you still receive so much support and fans in the United States?"
"If you are our enemy now, it will become evidence of your crimes in ten years. Today's hostility will be magnified tenfold or a hundredfold in ten years and will come back upon you."
Lin Xiao said: "Let me give you an example. Once I agree to your request, Android and Xsoft merge and you hold the controlling stake. Then on this platform, will you give up promoting youshow and thefaces and fully support youtube and facebook? Or to put it in a more exaggerated way, will you fully promote the Facebook and Lightning related apps? And then give up these apps supported by Google?"
Schmidt shook his head: "Impossible."
Why do we need a mobile phone system?
This is different from Microsoft. Whether it is Xsoft or Android system, it is free to mobile phone manufacturers in the long run.
They make money entirely from follow-up services, and one of the core elements is to promote the APP belonging to their own faction and take absolute initiative in the mobile Internet revolution.
So it's not about money at all, it's about control.
There is no way Lin Xiao will give up control, and the same goes for Google.
So this kind of negotiation is doomed to break down.
Google was very nice to Lin Xiao at the beginning, why did it suddenly turn against him overnight?
It is because Facebook and YOUTUBE are going overseas and completely rejecting Google's acquisition.
There is bound to be a lot of strategic conflict between the two sides.
Therefore, the negotiations between the two sides once again ended in a bad mood.
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September 29! The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held another hearing.
This is the fourth court session.
But this time, Lin Xiao did not show up.
Wu Di did not appear either. The person representing Quantum Technology in the dock was Xsoft President, Chris White.
This time the trial was even shorter.
Google did not withdraw the lawsuit, but continued to prosecute it.
The speeches of the plaintiff's lawyer Bill and Andy Rubin at this trial were full of nationalist sentiments.
User data security, user privacy security, etc. have been mentioned many times.
The general meaning is that it is very dangerous to let a Chinese company control a mobile phone operating system because of the difference in ideology, and Lin Xiao has very close relations with the Chinese side.
If the American people use the X operating system in large numbers, Lin Xiao will sell user information to China at a critical moment.
Then, it will all be fatal.
These remarks are filled with political factors and even racial confrontation.
Extremely inflammatory.
And Ms. Gerken objected again and again.
The judge also kept repeating: "Plaintiff, please do not elaborate on matters that are irrelevant to the plagiarism infringement case."
but……
The other party still did not stop, and continued to incite emotions as long as he had the opportunity to speak.
Repeat, repeat, repeat user privacy and security.
“Your honor, jury, this is a Chinese invasion of the American tech community.”
“Maybe you can’t see the consequences now, but in a few years, ten years, you will see them clearly.”
"So please make a fair and just choice, for God's sake, for the sake of America's interests."
This already seems extremely unprofessional, but it is also deliberate.
"Bang, bang, bang..." the judge kept knocking.
"Mr. Bill, Mr. Andy, this is a court, not Parliament, not Parliament!"
"Please stop this unprofessional behavior."
As the defendant's lawyer, Ms. Gerken also repeatedly emphasized this in front of the judge, the jury, and everyone else.
"All data of X operating system in the United States is stored in American servers, and not a single bit of data will be brought back to China."
"And these data will be supervised by relevant US departments."
"I am sure that we value and respect user privacy and data security more than American companies."
Finally! The judge and jury came to a complete consensus.
Then, make it public!
Google lost the case!
Quantum Technology won a great victory in this lawsuit! …………………………
Note: It is 10 minutes earlier than yesterday. We will continue to work hard tomorrow. Thank you! (End of this chapter)
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