Chapter 2985

To be honest, when Ballmer received this news, he was so depressed that he couldn't be more frustrated.

Although Microsoft's development momentum in recent years is not as good as those emerging companies, including Feng Yiping's series of companies; because there are no eye-catching products in these years, Microsoft has long lost the aura of a star company...

But to be honest, those are just clouds, or that is what they hope for. After not easily resolving the fate of the split, their style has become much more restrained.

However, money is still being made in large quantities.

Although Apple has indeed suppressed them in terms of revenue recently, when it comes to profits, they really don't care about Apple or Google.

It has been many years since anyone could make Ballmer, who has been making a lot of money with Microsoft, so upset.

We just agreed to bid with you for Nortel's patents, and returned your insincere goodwill with full goodwill, and then you went to acquire Motorola, which holds more patents?

Last time you proposed cooperation, it was mainly for your own purpose. You made up your mind from the beginning that you would not let us succeed in the acquisition. This time you proposed cooperation, and we just agreed to join forces, and you can't wait to stab us.

Ballmer really wanted to call Feng Yiping in return. Mr. Feng, don't you feel guilty?

How did you manage to talk about cooperation with us with a smile, while targeting us at the same time?

But Ballmer is a mature person. At this time, he can only sigh once about what Cook said, Feng Yiping, is really becoming more and more "mature"!

Even Ballmer reacted like this, not to mention Microsoft.

Knowing that Feng Yiping proposed to bid for Nortel's patents together, Microsoft executives generally regarded this as a signal that Feng Yiping took the initiative to release, a signal that they expected the relationship between the two companies to be reconciled.

After hearing the news, many of them were really furious. They proposed to jointly bid for Nortel. That was not a show of goodwill. It was just a despicable means to paralyze us and allow their plot to proceed smoothly.

This fully shows that Feng Yiping had no intention of sharing patents with Microsoft at all. He clearly wanted to firmly suppress Microsoft in terms of patents - so they were full of anger of being betrayed!

What was aggrieved was that although he was angry, objectively speaking, Feng Yiping's behavior could not be found wrong.

His proposal of cooperation certainly did not mean that he would cooperate with Microsoft in all projects, even if the two projects were essentially the same.

Just like Microsoft, while maintaining a good friendship with Feng Yiping and his company, it did not miss the opportunity to suppress them. It can be said that the biggest pressure facing Feng Yiping's Android is Microsoft.

However, Feng Yiping's behavior was obviously not like this before. Didn't he really always think about his partners before, such as when he bid for Yahoo with Softbank?

When did he do such a thing as giving a warm hug and stabbing someone with a knife so smoothly and without any trace of fireworks? ...

So, in the final analysis, the reason why they were depressed was that the sunny boy at the beginning, the Feng Yiping who would not say one thing in front of others and another behind their backs, was now no different from them who said one thing in front of others and two or three things behind their backs.

They did not express their regrets sentimentally, they just felt the pressure.

When a guy with excellent vision also had no bottom line like them... then it was really like a gangster who knew martial arts and no one could stop him.

Because they had nowhere to vent their anger and frustration, several executives went directly to Ballmer, hoping that he would withdraw his promise to join hands with Feng Yiping to bid for Nortel's patents, but they were all stopped by Ballmer's secretary.

How could he do such a thing?

Microsoft had just announced the news of their cooperation, and withdrawing the promise now would only make Microsoft once again despised by everyone - maybe this is exactly what Feng Yiping expected.

Moreover, before he calmed down, Ballmer knew that he had more important things to think about.

Android plans to acquire Motorola and has reached a certain degree of consensus with Motorola. Behind this, there may be more than just the intention of expanding their patent pool.

Does this mean that Feng Yiping has already believed that in the mobile field, relying solely on software operating systems is not enough to gain an advantage, and hardware must be supported?

In this regard, there is already a best example, Apple.

Although the overall share of the Android camp is higher in the smartphone market, none of the Android camp's mobile phone manufacturers can currently be compared with Apple.

Ballmer stood up irritably and walked around in the small office with his hands folded. Android wants to acquire Motorola, so Microsoft will have to seriously consider acquiring other hardware suppliers.

And this goal is really not so easy to find.

Although everyone knows that Nokia is already hopeless in the smartphone market, Nokia's mobile phone business at this time is still higher than most manufacturers in the Android camp.

BlackBerry, although they have been promoting the BlackBerry 10 system that can compete with Android, it seems that it will delay the purchase again this year. The tablet computer they launched following the trend seems to be a joke at present, but it still has nearly 70 million users. At this time The difficulty and cost of acquiring these two companies are obviously not high.

what should we do?

Ballmer, who has absolutely no interest in producing smartphone hardware, is becoming increasingly irritable. Feng Yiping's actions will inevitably disrupt their pace and even have a huge impact on their mid- to long-term arrangements. ...Feng Yiping, you are acting as a general!

However, compared to his long-term enemy and recent ally, Apple's Cook, Ballmer's current troubles are really nothing.

Even at night, Apple's headquarters, which had always been calm and arrogant, was clearly in a state of panic that could not be concealed.

Cook, who is still in the office, is answering a phone call - he can no longer remember which phone call he has answered, but he knows that there are at least 5 more calls waiting for him that he must answer. .

None of these calls were calm. They were all questioning, "Why didn't we get any information about such a big thing in advance?" "Why are you still pushing for additional issuance to the joint fund at this time?" "You have?" How can we prevent our stock price from being too ugly when the market opens tomorrow?”…

Cook was also very annoyed at this time.

First of all, he believed that these guys, whether before or now, would never dare to discuss the same issue with Jobs in such a way and attitude.

Secondly, he also felt deeply deceived and said you don’t produce smartphones?

Acquiring Motorola but not producing mobile phones is equivalent to acquiring Ford but not producing cars - who would believe it?

Are you taking me for a fool?

At this moment, Cook couldn't help but think about the aspect he least wanted to do. Is it possible that Jobs... knew Feng Yiping's plan in advance?

But for the sake of the future of Laurenna and the children, he finally chose to stand with Feng Yiping and endorse Feng Yiping?

No, no, definitely not. Jobs would never do such a thing. While thinking about his own concerns, he tried to calmly explain to the investors on the phone, "Your worries are completely unnecessary. , I think you also know that even if you want to follow the same path as us, not everyone can become Apple,"

"I also want to reiterate to you once again that we have received a very reliable guarantee that Android will not produce smartphones... Steve?" He tried not to make his voice louder. Why don't you go directly? Ask Jobs if he thinks so too?

"Yes, I am as convinced of this as Steve... Do you think this doesn't make sense? No, it is completely understandable... selling stocks?" Cook's voice turned cold, "I have no objection at all, just right, we We also plan to repurchase some shares,”

"Bang" he hung up the phone and picked up the next call, but what he wanted to do most at this time was to have a good talk with Jobs.

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A piece of news disturbed the entire market. Android, which made both Microsoft and Apple anxious to get angry, was not much better this night. Rubin's phone was also in an explosive state at this time. A member of the Open Handset Alliance , were contacting him one after another. Unsurprisingly, it was Samsung that started the attack. Quan Wuxuan shouted angrily on the phone, "Rubin, do you want us to withdraw from the alliance and abandon Android?" ?”

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