Chapter 759 The Attraction of Free Authorization

Without the choice of BlackBerry OS, it is easier for everyone to focus on overcoming the difficulties of Palm.

As a result, many discussions and opinions about the Palm subsidiary within 3Com came like a snowflake.

With the news, things will be easy to handle.

After all, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

After synthesizing a lot of 3Com's internal news, Wu Tao found that 3Com actually didn't value Palm as much as he imagined.

The reason for rejecting Jeff Hawkins' repurchase independence is that, firstly, he does not want to lose the profitable field of PDA;

As for the remaining reasons, it is probably that the money is not in place.

This is all human nature.

So in Wu Tao's view, taking Palm from 3Com should not be as difficult as Jeff imagined.

But of course this conclusion cannot be told to Jeff Hawkins.

Because of the issue of the control of Palm Corporation, Wu Tao is almost certain to have disagreements with Jeff Hawkins.

Obviously, this matter must be met with Jeff Hawkins first, and a preliminary agreement can be reached before discussing it.

At the same time, Jeff Hawkins also wanted to meet Wu Tao.

So this time, it just hit it off.

The place where we met again was not at Palm, but at Starbucks in downtown Los Angeles.

When Wu Tao walked in here, he felt that it was not a place to discuss business. But since Jeff has chosen to be here, he can do as he pleases.

Jeff is a little high-spirited today.

When the two cups of coffee were on the table, he couldn't wait to express his wishes, "I'm looking forward to working with Mr. Wu once to create a colorful future."

The meaning of this sentence is similar to "I came here today with full sincerity".

However, Wu Tao just smiled, didn't speak, took a sip of his coffee, and put it down again, with a gesture of 'please start your performance'.

Jeff really got a little restless.

Originally, after he had discussed with Donna, this proactive meeting was his own request.

So Wu Tao put on airs like this, but he couldn't wait to shake it off first.

Sure enough, Jeff confessed his willingness to take back the Palm company, and his willingness to use PalmOS as a smartphone to enter the market with Donna.

Sooner or later, Wu Tao already knew about these from various sources, so he could only listen patiently.

Until Jeff finally threw out his own conditions, "Wu, I think both of us can work together to make Palm independent. Both parties can hold shares, but the controlling stake must be in my hands. As for the cooperation of smartphones, I It tends to separate the two sides and only cooperate in a small number of areas."

Wu Tao listened to Jeff's English patiently, until he was sure that he understood the meaning correctly, and then asked abruptly, "Jeff, with all due respect, from your tone, it seems that you are very sure about repurchasing Palm Company." of?"

Hitting people does not slap people in the face, and exposing people does not expose shortcomings.

Jeff Hawkins, who was originally high-spirited, suddenly lost his temper.

Speaking of this matter, he was really not sure, otherwise he wouldn't have waited until today to buy back Palm.

He just felt that with the addition of Wu Tao and Yuanqi Technology this time, there was room for things to slow down.

But if these words were spoken out, wouldn't it be a reason for Wu Tao to object to his proposal?

Since we are the decisive factor in repurchasing Palm, why do you have the final say after Palm becomes independent?

It is obvious and unreasonable!

So the negotiation inevitably reached an impasse, so that Jeff drank all the coffee without breaking the situation.

In the end, Wu Tao took the initiative to speak, "Jeff, I know that Palm Company is your brainchild, and you don't want to see it fall into the hands of others. But believe me, Palm Company can only flourish if it is in my hands."

"...Until one day in the future, not only will there be PalmOS on every mobile phone, but every smart terminal will be able to see the shadow of PalmOS."

"...So, Palm can only be controlled by me. But I can guarantee that no matter what kind of mobile phone or PDA terminal you develop in the future, I can authorize you, and it will be free for life!"

Speaking of this, Jeff couldn't help but his eyebrows lit up.

In fact, his negotiations with 3Com have only advanced so far.

Of course, the license that 3Com promised was charged, which is not as attractive as the free license that Wu Tao said.

In this way, Huaxia Wu's conditions can be said to be quite tempting.

Wu Tao's voice continued, "However, I don't plan to repurchase Palm's existing PDA business. I believe this will be more beneficial for 3Com to agree to my plan."

"Since this is the case, 3Com needs your authorization to produce PDA business, which is probably not allowed by the other party." Jeff raised doubts.

Wu Tao spread his hands, "It's also free!" It's no big deal!

This time Jeff Hawkins was really surprised. This boldness and skill can be said to be quite big, but he still couldn't help questioning: "But Wu, with the development of the Internet today, there is a general consensus in our industry , that is free stuff, and it will never go far. If PalmOS is free and open source, what good will it do for you and Yuanqi Technology?"

This question, of course, can answer you, but it cannot tell you the real answer.

Wu Tao explained with a smile: "Open source can allow PalmOS to occupy the market faster, which in turn can promote the upgrade and optimization of PalmOS more effectively to meet more and more mobile communication needs."

"...And Yuanqi Technology is here, what it wants is this opportunity!"

It was a bit of a lie, so Jeff didn't quite understand it.

But Wu Tao would never tell him the truth, such as brand influence, such as the right to speak in the industry, and even use the convenience of open source systems to promote products in other Internet fields for himself.

Lost such a small amount of authorization fee, once the stall is rolled out, it can be recovered casually.

So it's not a problem.

However, Jeff at this time obviously cannot have such a vision.

He also can't see the huge benefits that will come once the PalmOS market reaches a scale of 100 million devices in the future!

At this point in the negotiation, it is almost open and honest.

Although Jeff hadn't agreed to it before leaving, Wu Tao could see that he was very interested.

As for whether the other party will use his own plan to restart negotiations with 3Com, Wu Tao is not fully sure.

On such issues, one can only gamble on the character of the collaborator.

At least from the fact that although the other party left early, but did not forget to leave the bill and tip, it means that it is not bad.

After leaving Starbucks, Jeff went directly to his old buddy Donna and dragged out Wu Tao's ideas.

Donna Dubbins really proposed to restart the negotiation with 3Com, but Jeff firmly rejected it.

"Why?" Donna was puzzled.

Jeff said longingly: "I just think that PalmOS may be better in his hands than in our hands!"

This kind of mood can be regarded as the selflessness of finding a good family for the child.