LIGHTNOVELONLINE 710【Father of Android】
Song Weiyang's visit to the capital this time, of course, was not just to drink with Han Sanye.
Larry Page, one of the founders of Google, and Andy Rubin, the father of the Android system, came to China together and made it clear that they wanted to investigate the Android mobile phone system.
At this time, Apple's smartphone plan had been leaked miserably. Although only a small part of it was exposed, it still attracted the attention of the entire Silicon Valley. As the outside world pays more and more attention to this, the inside information of the project leaks more and more, and Google quickly responds.
Donglaishun.
Larry Page and Andy Rubin had already arrived in the private room, and Li Xiaofeng, vice president of Ark Technology, was responsible for bringing them to the hot pot restaurant.
All kinds of sauces and side dishes have been served on the table in advance, Larry Page pointed to the copper stove hot pot, and said to Andy Rubin in the tone of a passerby: I have eaten this kind of hot pot in Shenghai, and it tastes very good , especially mutton slices. He then gave a thumbs up to the waiter who was serving the side dishes, It's amazing, it's awesome!
The waitress was a little puzzled, then started to hold back her laughter, and replied, Three grams of oil!
Larry Page replied in Chinese: No thanks.
Andy Rubin asks, What do you mean awesome?
Larry Page explained: Niubi means very good in Chinese.
Oh. Andy Rubin suddenly realized, and repeated it a few times, and was happy that he had learned a Chinese vocabulary.
Li Xiaofeng couldn't help interjecting: Mr. Page, who did you learn Chinese from?
Larry Page said: The administrator of an Internet cafe in Shenghai.
That network administrator is really awesome! Li Xiaofeng sighed sincerely.
Larry Page said: At that time, Sergey and I came to China to talk about angel investment. When we went shopping, we got lost, so we entered an Internet cafe and contacted Song through email. China.net The cafe has a great atmosphere and reminds me of the little arcades in America in the 90s.”
Invest in Google? Li Xiaofeng asked.
Yes, an investment that makes people happy and sad, Larry Page said, spreading his hands. Song Yao has too many shares, and now I regret it a little bit.
Boom boom boom!
The waiter knocked on the door of the private room, then pushed the door open and walked in, smiling: Please, please!
Song Weiyang and Shen Si walked in, and Larry Page immediately got up to greet them, and they greeted with a bear hug with open arms.
Larry Page introduced: This is Andy Rubin, the developer of the Android system, and the vice president of Google Engineering.
Hello, Lu Bin. Song Weiyang shook hands.
Hello, Mr. Song. Andy Rubin greeted.
Everyone was seated, and the hot pot was boiled.
Larry Page chatted about the current situation, and then went straight to the topic: Song, are you going to make a smartphone?
Yes. Song Weiyang nodded.
Larry Page said: Google intends to optimize the Android system, which is superior to all current mobile phone systems in terms of performance, and then attract customers through open source! How is China doing?
The Android system has basically been turned into a mobile phone, but there are still some deficiencies, and the design is being optimized. Song Weiyang said.
Andy Rubin said: I hope to get in touch. If the Chinese side does a good job, the US side will directly adopt it. If the Chinese side needs help, I can ask the team from the headquarters to come and help.
Song Weiyang smiled and said, Of course.
It seems that the leakage of Apple's project is not serious, and Google is still planning to adopt a full keyboard design. It has no idea that Apple has abandoned the keyboard.
Andy Rubin is a super technical control, and he worked for Apple in his early years.
Don't talk about 996 blessings, and don't say that Huawei is a prison factory, and Apple's R\u0026D department is the same. Andy Rubin lives in the office 24 hours a day and develops smartphone systems for Apple. It's a pity that it was only 1995 at that time, and the concept of smartphones was too advanced, and was directly sentenced to death by the market.
Later Andy Rubin joined Microsoft again, built a walking robot, installed cameras and microphones, and wandered around Microsoft. As a result, the bot was hacked, Microsoft's security team freaked out, and Andy Rubin got fired from Microsoft.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Andy Rubin took the lead in developing sidekik, the most popular smartphone in the world. But this kind of popularity only exists among the rich, young, and cool-looking consumer groups. To put it bluntly, it is a pretentious thing that sells very expensive, and the market is very small. Andy Rubin Forced to resign again.
Halfway through, Andy Rubin ran to develop a digital camera again, which also ended in failure.
In another time and space, after the popularity of the Android system, the media always said that Andy Rubin defined Android as a mobile phone system at the beginning of development, in order to fulfill his dream of a smartphone back then. In fact, this statement is half true, perhaps Andy Rubin thought so at first, but soon found that the system could not be sold, even if the system architecture was converted to an open source design, it could not be sold, so he simply switched to pda ( Handheld PC) system.
After eating hot pot, the two foreign devils couldn't wait to go to Android (China) to visit.
The Android system in China does not adopt the tombstone design. It still uses the original Android architecture, but continues to optimize it.
Andy Rubin didn't take it seriously at first, but was quickly taken aback: Why is the Android system shrunk so many times? What kind of mobile phone are you developing?
Smartphone, Song Weiyang said with a smile, a smartphone that can run multiple programs at the same time must have enough memory space, so the Android system must be shrunk.
Andy Rubin belongs to the pioneers of the smartphone industry. He has been working on this thing since 1993. He suddenly became interested: How do users operate multiple programs at the same time? Is it like a handheld computer?
If you want to know the answer, you must sign a non-disclosure agreement. Song Weiyang said.
Should I sign too? Larry Page asked.
Song Weiyang smiled and said, Of course, you can also choose to avoid it.
After the two signed the non-disclosure agreement, someone soon brought a semi-finished product.
The main reason is that there are still defects in the screen glass, multi-touch design, and Android programming design, so it can only be called a semi-finished product. There are many such semi-finished products at Apple. They belonged to Jobs’ toys. Every time he got a new toy, he would be furious and scold people everywhere, catching his dissatisfaction and forcing developers to continue to optimize.
No keyboard? Where's the start button? Larry Page asked.
Song Weiyang pressed the button on the side of the fuselage, opened a piece of software and said, Try it, this is a small game designed by ourselves.
fruit Ninja.
Swipe, swipe, swipe!
Andy Rubin grabbed a banana, watermelon and durian, and then asked, Is the he button below to return to the main menu?
Yes, Song Weiyang said, You can also swipe directly from the edge of the screen.
Andy Rubin first tried sliding sideways, and a dialog box in Chinese popped up, and was guided by Song Weiyang to click Confirm to return.
After trying all the features of this phone, Andy Rubin praised: Cool, so cool! This is my dream smartphone! Song, the guy who designed this phone is a genius!
Larry Page watched the whole process and shrugged: Fortunately, Google has no plans to make a mobile phone, otherwise it will definitely be defeated by you.
Song Weiyang said: We are optimizing the Android system, and there are still many small problems.
Maybe, I can come and help. Andy Rubin volunteered.
Song Weiyang said: Of course, I will give you a high salary, but the shareholding in Android (China) will not change.
Larry Page frowned and said, Who owns the patent for this Android system?
Song Weiyang smiled and said, Let's leave it to the legal staff to discuss.
Android and Android (China) have no affiliation, but the Android system (smartphone version) is based on the Android framework and independently developed by Chinese programmers. Moreover, whether it is Android or Android (China), Song Weiyang holds more shares, and Google can't take advantage of it.
However, since Song Weiyang is a technical novice, he knew to have people buy Android, but he forgot to buy other companies. For example, skia company was acquired by Google, and the Android system uses skia graphics software.
The more complex modern devices are, the more patents are involved.
For example, Microsoft has a large number of patents for the Android system, because they have a deep foundation, and latecomers simply cannot get around it. In the future, China's smart phones will be launched, even if they use the system developed by themselves, they will have to pay Microsoft a few dollars in patent fees for every mobile phone sold.
So in another time and space, before Google came out to sue manufacturers for infringement, Microsoft sued all the companies that infringed Android patents. Without knowing it, I thought Android was acquired by Microsoft.
Huawei's development of the Hongmeng system certainly cannot bypass Microsoft's patents, but you can wait for the patents to expire, because many patents are very old.
It is impossible for Larry Page to come to China just to visit Android (China) Company. He has other things to do.
However, after seeing the Shenzhou smartphone, this guy immediately proposed to merge Android and Android (China), turning Android (China) from a joint venture of Android to a branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of Android.
Song Weiyang categorically refused, and Google will just be an honest shareholder in the future, and it can cooperate with the promotion of the Android system by the way.
Larry Page suddenly felt a little regretful, but it was too late to regret it. He could guess that China's smartphone market has a bright future, and the prospect of the Android system is also extremely broad. For the benefit of Google, it can only cooperate with the promotion of the Android system in the future.
On the other hand, Andy Rubin didn't have so much fuss. He took the initiative to put down his work in the United States and came to China to guide the optimization of the Android system. He didn't even bother to ask about his salary, which greatly accelerated the progress of Android optimization.
Knowing that Song Weiyang proposed the concept of smartphones, Andy Rubin also found Song Weiyang particularly pleasing to the eye, and called Song Weiyang every now and then to discuss future technologies.
Well, this guy's ideal is to build intelligent robots, and the name of Android comes from Blade Runner.
At the end of the year, the optimization of the Android system came to an end, and Andy Rubin flew to Shenghai Song Weiyang's house as a guest. As soon as he entered the door, he complained that Song Weiyang's villa was too low. He patted his chest and said, Song, let me give you a major renovation of your villa.
How to reform? Song Weiyang asked.
Andy Rubin said: The gate of the villa uses a voice control system, which records a fixed sound for identification. The gate of the living room adopts retinal recognition, no key is needed, and the door can be opened automatically. And your home theater system is too backward, I The set at home automatically turns off the lights when the movie starts and turns on automatically when the movie ends. I also have a laser-controlled balancing car at home, and I’ll get you one too, your son will definitely like it.”
Song Weiyang smiled bitterly and said, Forget it. Since you like sci-fi stuff, I'll give you a car. The latest Tesla, pure electric sports car, and various smart designs.
Andy Rubin has since become the first man in the United States to drive a Tesla. He drives out for a ride every three to five times, but unfortunately he dare not drive to work.
Because Wayne Rossing, vice president of Google Engineering, once waved a baseball bat in the company and said: Whoever drives a car that is more flashy than the BMW 3 Series, I will smash it with a baseball bat!