Chapter 758 Open Source Is the Way to Long-Term Development

It's easy to do things with many people.

Ever since Yang Ge and Leng Ning brought their team over, everything in Los Angeles has been straightened out.

Early the next morning, led by Mo Li, Wu Tao took several members of Leng Ning's team to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The company visited as scheduled, and the negotiation was held as scheduled.

It's just that the results are somewhat different from what we imagined, and the talks were not ideal.

Wu Tao also didn't expect that although the BlackBerry company today has the BlackBerry OS, it has not yet been applied to mobile phones.

That is, the kind of BlackBerry smartphone that supports push e-mail, cell phone calls, text messages, Internet faxes, and Web browsing has yet to come out.

Seeing the look in the eyes of BlackBerry executives at that time, Wu Tao knew that they already had a plan.

And as a mobile phone manufacturer, I came here and proposed the authorization of the BlackBerry OS. It would be strange if the result could be ideal.

The attitude of the top executives of BlackBerry is very obvious. They want to use the BlackBerry OS as a unique advantage of their own smartphones and hide it.

Once Yuanqi Technology is given to you, wouldn't it be too embarrassing if it is carried forward and their own mobile phone is not made?

So in this result, it is destined to be a hot face with a cold butt, which is useless.

As a result, the expected two-day cooperation meeting schedule ended hastily ahead of schedule in only half a day.

At the airport on the return trip, everyone's morale was a little low, and it seemed that they were quite hit.

On the contrary, Wu Tao was the first to feel relieved. He looked back at the crowd and said, "Cheer up your spirits, don't you see that this is a revelation from God?"

As soon as these words were said, not only did the subordinates like Leng Ning look stunned, but even the foil Molly couldn't get him.

Wu Tao said solemnly: "Imagine, where is Blackberry?"

"Canada..." someone said.

"Ontario..." someone muttered, getting more specific.

"Wrong!" Wu Tao denied everything: "In the city of Waterloo! This name sounds depressing. Lotus mobile phones can't use the BlackBerry OS, which means that the sales of our Lotus mobile phones will never meet Waterloo!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately felt inspired.

Even Molly had a look of hehe under Leng Ning's translation and explanation.

Unexpectedly, this boss is the one who tells bad jokes all the time.

However, Wu Tao quickly turned to the main topic and said: "Director Leng, after returning home, we must mention PalmOS to the company's strategic goals. The future mobile phone era must be the era of smart phones, and the precipitation of a mobile version of OS is our responsibility. It is an indispensable process for Yuanqi Technology to win the battle of smartphones in the future!"

Or to say that the boss is the boss, not only the words are loud and meaningful, but also very encouraging to listen to.

So Leng Ning was the first to applaud.

Molly was confused, and after biting ears with Leng Ning for a long time, she finally understood what Wu Tao meant.

Then he asked a sharp question with a smile: "Wu, if your company succeeds in taking PalmOS as its own, will you provide PalmOS authorization for other companies or competitors?"

This problem is a bit of which pot is not opened and which pot to lift.

If it were someone else, he would have lost face for a long time.

However, Wu Tao did not, but replied generously: "Yes, of course! Not only will it be authorized, but it will even be free. If PalmOS is in the hands of Yuanqi Technology, we will sort out the entire system and standardize the development platform. , but make it public, and invite and welcome other manufacturers to participate and develop it together!"

"Why?" Not only Molly was confused, but even Leng Ning, the subordinates of Yuanqi Technology, were puzzled.

But only Molly dared to ask.

Since it is going to be open source and open, and it is free to use, isn't Yuanqi Technology's hard work in bringing PalmOS over here in vain?

What is the picture?

Wu Tao did not answer directly, but brought up the old story of BlackBerry again, "Judging from the situation with the executives of BlackBerry today, I dare to conclude that the future development of BlackBerry will not go too far. Even its OS BlackBerry and smart phones have their own characteristics and advantages, but with such a self-cherishing attitude, BlackBerry is doomed to become a niche rather than a mainstream!"

"... Then again, the same principle applies to PalmOS. So PalmOS is in our hands. Only by taking the road of open source is the way to long-term development and truly flourish."

Molly asked: "But if you do this, can Jeff agree?"

That's the only question left.

However, Wu Tao felt that it would be easier to persuade Jeff Hawkins than to independently acquire Palm from 3Com.

When I returned to the villa in Irvine that day, it was already evening.

It was a bad start, so Qin Xiaoxiao and Wu Yingying didn't dare to ask more questions, and Wu Tao was left alone in the study for a long time.

Others thought he was in a bad mood.

In fact, Wu Tao went surfing the Internet in the study.

First, I took a look at the BBS of Shuimu Tsinghua University, and found that the military training of my alma mater was still going on like a raging fire. Of course, there was a steady stream of running posts on him.

Although this person is not in the arena, his own legend has always been circulating in the arena.

Wu Tao used this reason to tease himself, but still didn't take it to heart.

Replied some messages to An Rong through the inbox, sent a few recent photos taken in Canada, saw that there was no timely response, and decisively logged off.

Then he logged into the private BBS created by Ding Lei. This guy has been busy running around going public recently, obviously he has no time to maintain this private corner.

After scanning around, there was no one, so Wu Tao could only exit in a dispirited manner, and habitually opened the mailbox to check.

I don't know if I don't read it, but I found out that apart from the unimportant business emails that I exchanged daily, there was a guy named Bill who sent me emails.

Could it be Bill Gates?

Wu Tao hurriedly opened it and saw that it was Bill Babbitt. This person came from Netscape, and as a senior executive, he wanted to lead his team of programmers to find a way ahead of time.

And his email was given by Yang Zhiyuan.

Although Netscape is about to be acquired, as a senior executive, it is also very risky to meet with the new owner.

So this Bill chose to send an email first and make some tentative contacts, which can be said to be very cautious.

In the mailbox, this Bill sent a resume of himself, which looked pretty good.

However, Wu Tao has no ability to distinguish more and more in-depth information. And even if he can tell, he doesn't know if he is suitable for developing web sites like Xiaonei.com and blogs.

So without further ado, I listed my simple needs for Xiaonei and blog applications, and asked the other party to develop a demo as the content of the interview.

It's a mule or a horse, let's pull it out!