Rebirth of the internet boss

Chapter 217 Closed Open Source Licensing
Rubbish? ! !

Andy Rubin didn't want Li Feng to give a "garbage" evaluation to his hard-working system, which made Andy Rubin, who has always been arrogant and conceited, a little bit annoyed.

Every great programmer thinks his program is the greatest, let alone a more pure programmer like Andy Rubin

Li Feng ignored Andy Rubin who became angry from embarrassment, and instead asked Andy Rubin: "Andy, would you like to see it, the real mobile operating system! Although it is still only a semi-finished product!"

"You have?" Andy Rubin asked curiously.

Li Feng pointed to the laptop computer in Long Xiaotian's hand, and said with a smile: "Yes, if you know it, it's not impossible, but you need to sign this non-disclosure agreement first,"

With that said, Long Xiaotian handed Li Feng a confidentiality agreement, and then Li Feng handed it to Andy Rubin casually.

Then, Li Feng said seriously: "All of our conversations today, including the operating system you will see later, will be protected by a non-disclosure agreement. Only after you sign will you know the details, but if you leak any conversation content, It will also be severely sanctioned, you can take a closer look."

After Li Feng finished speaking, Andy Rubin became even more curious, even curious, so Andy Rubin just glanced around, took the signature on the table and signed his name, after all, it was kept secret. As for the agreement, when I was at Microsoft and Apple, I don’t know how many copies I signed.

Seeing that Andy Rubin signed the paper casually, Li Feng secretly heaved a sigh of relief, which shows that Andy Rubin is still quite interested in him.

So, after Li Feng casually put away the confidentiality agreement signed by Andy Rubin, he signaled Long Xiaotian to demonstrate the mobile operating system he developed.

The reason why Li Feng waited for Long Xiaotian to come was to let Long Xiaotian bring his own operating system over to convince Andy Rubin, and really take Andy Rubin into his pocket.

And Long Xiaotian, under the guidance of Li Feng, after more than half a year of hard work, finally found some ideas, and finally came up with some decent semi-finished products. After all, this kind of operating system also has some ready-made underlying structures.

Even if Andy Rubin had a certain amount of psychological preparation, seeing the operating system demonstrated by Long Xiaotian, he didn't exclaim "wow", "wow",

After Long Xiaotian demonstrated everything, Andy Rubin also had to admit that his development of this system was indeed just like Li Feng said, it was rubbish!Like a pile of shit!
But what should I do? !I and my team were coding day and night, 80 to 100 hours a week, and suddenly my product looked like old shit!

This made Andy Rubin panicked suddenly, and a feeling of sadness rose in his heart, which made Andy Rubin ask Li Feng incessantly: "Li, what are you looking for? You just laughed at me, just Tell me, what you developed is rubbish!"

Li Feng didn't expect Andy Rubin to think so, he just wanted to put some pressure on Andy Rubin instead of breaking him, so he stood up quickly and said: "Andy, this is just a semi-finished system, but it is far from a perfect system. The system is still far from

Actually, the purpose of my coming to you this time is to ask if you would like to follow me. I will provide enough funds, and there will be experts like Xiaotian, so would you like to join us? Let us work together Turn over Microsoft and change the world together! "

It is the ultimate dream of all programmers to overthrow Microsoft and make an operating system!
Andy Rubin did not succeed in starting two businesses, and he knew that he was not an entrepreneur. He preferred to make something by himself, and Andy Rubin also liked to make robots. The name Android comes from the science fiction novel "Future". The name of a robot in Eve.

Andy Rubin thought for a long time, and felt that it would be good to follow Li Feng. First, he did not have much money, and second, he also wanted to find a group of like-minded people to do this. This was the only thing that made Andy Rubin hesitate. Yes, I don't want to go to far away China to work,

So, Andy Rubin thought for a long time before he said to Li Feng: "It's okay to let me work in China, but I must be given one month's vacation every year so that I can stay in the United States for a while."

Li Feng was also very happy to hear that the acquisition of this kind of technology company is different from the acquisition of a commercial company such as Tengxun. The acquisition of a technology company is more important for technology research and development. The most important thing in the acquisition of Tengxun is registered users.

But when Li Feng heard about Andy Rubin's conditions, he laughed and said, "You don't need to go to China to work, because we will build a branch in Silicon Valley, and you will still work here, how about it?" ?”

After hearing Li Feng's words, Andy Rubin also happily asked: "Really?"

There are so many talents in Silicon Valley, if they don't make good use of them, Li Feng also feels sorry for himself.

Therefore, Li Feng said affirmatively: "Of course it is true. Such a large project must require more people to join in, so that we can develop a mobile operating system that can truly operate commercially?"

"Commercial operation?!! Isn't this system open source?" Andy Rubin asked.

Andy Rubin is a representative of the geek culture in Silicon Valley and a supporter of the spirit of open source, so he was a little disappointed when he heard that Li Feng wanted to put this system into commercial operation and not open source.

When it came to the dispute of faith, Andy Rubin naturally wouldn't give up so easily, so he said to Li Feng: "Li, software should be free, open, and open..."

Li Feng knows what Andy Rubin means. The debate between open source and closed has been going on for a long time, and there has been a debate since the PC era.

But Li Feng waved his hand and said: "Andy, in my opinion, a truly commercial operating system must be closed, an open source system is irresponsible, and if there is one, it will be a failure.

Think about it, if the source code of the system is all made public, then whether it is a Trojan horse or a virus, it can directly control the entire computer, and the user's information and data will disappear. "

Although Andy Rubin does not agree with Li Feng's evaluation of open source, he has to admit that the more closed the system, the safer it is.

But Andy Rubin retorted: "Lee, the viruses on Linux systems are less than 1% of Windows."

Li Feng smiled: "That's because the market share of Linux systems is less than 1% of that of Windows. Even, many people are unwilling to develop viruses and Trojan horses for Linux systems."

Then, Li Feng continued: "And if the system is open-sourced, because of the difference in the developer's moral level, in order to pursue profits, it will cause a lot of pirated and infringing software to breed."

Li Feng's words had a great impact on Andy Rubin, but this was not yet, because Li Feng said again: "Andy, I have no intention of arguing about the good or bad of open source, to use an image metaphor, just like our This society is the same, open source means absolute freedom, and closed means relative freedom.

But in a society with varying levels of morality, absolute freedom is like a lot of virus-like crimes. Therefore, we need to introduce relevant laws to restrict people's behavior.

And our operating system is not completely closed, but semi-open. I will adopt an authorization model so that people can use our operating system, but at the same time we must draw a certain bottom line for third-party developers and ensure that benefit of all.

Andy, open source and closed are not important. The important thing is that we can promote the progress of human science and technology and make the world a better place, instead of forcing the society into two camps. "

Compared with the iOS system, the Android system has too many loopholes. It freezes, does not run smoothly, and the software quality is uneven. Especially the fragmentation of the Android system is too serious. Google Android version 7.0 has been released, but the market is still full of Android 4.0,

The reason why Google made Android open source is because Google's main business is search. In order to get the traffic entrance of the Android system,

But Li Feng's plan is even bigger. Li Feng not only wants to enter the system, but also wants to enter the hardware, and also wants to hold many mobile phone manufacturers. This is doomed that Li Feng's Android cannot be open source. the purpose of monopoly.

The closed Apple, the open-source Google, and the licensed Fengrui have three models and three operating systems, but among them, authorization can be said to be the most challenging.

Closed is easy to say, just like Apple, the hardware is mine, and the software is also mine. They are all self-produced and sold. How bold the people are, the land will be as productive;
Open source is also easy to say, it belongs to everyone, mobile phone manufacturers earn money from mobile phones, operators earn money from operators, and I, Google, earn my money from Google.
But Li Feng's licensing model is different, which is equivalent to taking all the benefits of closed and open source, and more importantly, why should everyone use your operating system and pay you!

It is difficult to develop an operating system, but as long as you invest enough money, time, and energy, you can develop your own operating system quickly. The real difficulty is how to promote it.

The reason why the Android system dominates the world is that in addition to Google's vigorous promotion, it is more important that Google has joined hands with many mobile phone manufacturers, software developers, telecom operators and chip manufacturers to form the "Open Handheld Device Alliance".

Fortunately, Li Feng still has more than two years to prepare!

However, when it came to the acquisition of Android, Andy Rubin finally agreed, which made Li Feng very happy. In addition to obtaining a group of outstanding talents, the more important thing was that Li Feng poached the most important company in the history of Google. The road to rise has added a lot of unknowns to the future.

After the successful acquisition of Android, Li Feng asked Andy Rubin to be Long Xiaotian's assistant, and the two were in charge of the "Nuwa Project".

It can also be called Android, but to the outside world it seems to be the credit of Andy Rubin, which is not in line with Li Feng's ideas. In his previous life, it was because Andy Rubin was too self-confident that he finally let Google CEO Larry Page suffer. Killer, directly into the cold palace, Andy Rubin had to leave Google;
Of course, Li Feng also believes in Long Xiaotian's ability, and believes that Long Xiaotian's strength can convince Andy Rubin, and more importantly, there will be Li Feng's guidance later, which will not make Andy Rubin proud of his talent;

Even at the end of the acquisition, Andy Rubin specifically asked Li Feng, when will the operating system be launched?

Regarding this, Li Feng just smiled, don't panic!Don't panic!Just wait quietly!
As the saying goes: times make heroes!Apple's iOS commands the world, and no one dares not to follow; if Android doesn't come out, who will compete with it!
(End of this chapter)