Restart the Flying Age

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

As a result, many internal discussions and opinions about Palm's subsidiaries spread like snow flakes.

With news, it's easy to get things done.

After all, knowing oneself and one's enemy will never end in a hundred battles.

After synthesizing a lot of internal news, Wu Tao found that the company actually did not value Palm as much as expected.

The reason for rejecting Jeff Hawkins' repurchase independence is that one does not want to lose the profitable area of ​​PDA; the other is that he is worried that the issue of PalmOS licensing will become variable in the future.

As for the remaining reason, probably the money is out of place.

This is human nature.

So in Wu Tao's view, the difficulty of taking Palm from the company should not be as difficult as Jeff thought.

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

Because of the issue of Palm’s control rights, Wu Tao is almost certain that he will have a disagreement with Jeff Hawkins.

Obviously, this matter must be met with Jeff Hawkins first, and after a preliminary agreement is reached, the discussion will be discussed.

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

So this came, simply hit it off.

The place to meet 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 talk about business. But since Jeff has chosen here, he can do whatever he wants.

Jeff is a little bit energetic today.

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

The meaning of this is almost the same as ‘I’m here today with full sincerity’.

However, Wu Tao just smiled, did not speak, took a sip of coffee, and put it down again, with a gesture of "please start your performance".

Jeff really couldn't hold his breath.

Originally, after he had discussed with Donna, this proactive meeting was requested by him himself.

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

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

Sooner or later, Wu Tao has already known from various sources, so he can only listen patiently.

Until Jeff finally put out his own terms, "Wu, I think we can work together to make Palm independent. Both parties can hold shares, but the controlling rights must be in my hands. As for the cooperation of smart phones, I They tend to be separated and only cooperate in a small number of areas."

Wu Tao listened patiently to Jeff's English until he was sure that he understood what he meant. Then he asked indifferently, "Jeff, with all due respect, listening to you, it seems that you are confident about repurchasing Palm." of?"

Hit people without slapping their faces, and expose people without revealing shortcomings.

Jeff Hawkins, who was originally energetic, suddenly became dumbfounded.

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

He just feels that this time with Wu Tao and Yuanqi Technology joining, things have become more leeway.

But if this was said, wouldn't it be a reason for Wu Tao to oppose his proposal?

Since we are repurchasing Palm, we occupy the decisive factor. Why do you have the final say after Palm becomes independent?

Obviously, unreasonable things!

So the negotiation inevitably reached a deadlock, 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 is your painstaking effort. You don't want to see it fall into the hands of others. But believe me, Palm can only flourish if it is in my hands."

"...Until one day in the future, not only will every mobile phone have PalmOS, 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 it for you, and it will be free for life!"

At this point, Jeff couldn't help but brighten his eyes.

In fact, his negotiations with the company have only advanced to this point.

Of course, the license fee that the company promises 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 do not intend to repurchase Palm's existing PDA business. I believe this will be more conducive to the company's agreement to my plan."

"In this case, the company 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!

Now Jeff Hawkins is really shocked. This boldness and handwriting are quite big, but he still couldn't help but questioned: "But Wu, the Internet has developed to this day, and we have a general consensus in the industry. , That’s free stuff. If it’s free and open source, what good will it do to Yuanqi Technology for you?"

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

Wu Tao explained with a smile: "Open source can allow PalmOS to occupy the market faster~www.wuxiaspot.com~, in turn, can more effectively promote the upgrade and optimization of PalmOS to meet the increasing demand for mobile communications."

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

It was a little false, so Jeff didn't quite understand it.

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

I have lost such a small amount of authorization fees, and once the stall has been spread out, I can get it back at will.

So this is nothing.

However, Jeff at this time obviously couldn't have such a vision.

He also can't see the huge benefits that the PalmOS market will have in the future once it reaches a hundred million-level equipment scale!

The negotiations have progressed here, almost frankly and honestly.

Although Jeff hadn't agreed when he left, Wu Tao could see that he was very interested.

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

On this kind of issue, one can only bet on the character of the cooperator.

At least since the other party left early, but did not forget to leave the bill and tip, it shows that it is not bad.

Jeff, who left Starbucks, found the old man Donna directly, and dragged Wu Tao's thoughts out.

Donna Dubins really proposed to try to restart negotiations with the company, but she did not expect to be resolutely rejected by Jeff.

"Why?" Donna was puzzled.

Jeff said with a longing look: "I just think that PalmOS may be better in his hands than in our hands!"

This kind of mood can be regarded as a selfless man who finds a good family for the child.