Chapter 2998 How Much Sorrow Can You Have?

But Charlie Kidd soon discovered that the troubles and unhappiness seemed to have just begun.

Like the people of NEXTDOOR, when they went from the hotel by the lake to the restaurant of the CN Tower, a landmark building in Toronto, they also got off the car and walked along the lake for a while.

Although it was not their first time in Toronto, and although they did not like Hollywood, let alone Toronto, the so-called "Hollywood of the North", it must be said that on such a day, walking along the lake like this is indeed a pleasant thing for people to do physically and mentally.

Whether it is looking at the sparkling Lake Ontario, or watching the girls wearing cool clothes or simply wearing bikinis playing and joking on the benches under the big trees, on the lawn, and on the beach by the lake, it is very pleasing to the eye.

Along the way, there were men and women in the team who were chatting with men and women they met, taking out their mobile phones to pay attention to each other... This is something that happens naturally when you are on a business trip in a foreign country.

Charlie, who already has a family, certainly can't do the same as his subordinates. His plan is to wait until the evening and find a bar to sit down...

It was sunset at this time. The sun was floating on the lake, dyeing the large expanse of lake water in the sky into a dull golden color. Hearing another subordinate explaining to the Canadian girl that the unique system in their mobile phone was the Windows Phone system, Charlie Kidd, as a senior executive of Microsoft and the person in charge of the Windows Phone system, inexplicably gave rise to thousands of worries in his heart.

He shook his head, "Get in the car,"

Just as he got in the car first and waited for those guys who were still mixing, the assistant took a tablet - of course, it was equipped with their Microsoft system, and said to him, "Charlie, you have to see this,"

As soon as he saw his expression, Charlie Kidd knew that this was probably not a good thing.

As soon as the title of the report came into his eyes, he was sure that this was indeed not a good thing, "Apple opposes Android's bid for Nortel's patents"!

"On the first day of the auction of Nortel Networks patents, Apple COO Cook said that Apple opposed Android's bid for Nortel Networks patents,"

Kidel wanted to ask Cook at this time, what have you been doing? Why did you jump out to express opposition at this time, when Microsoft and Android are already closely linked?

"... He also said that they have communicated with the judge in charge of the bankruptcy case of Nortel Networks. Apple believes that Android's participation in the bid for Nortel patents will bring Android an unfair competitive advantage..."

If Apple wins the bid, it will not bring unfair competitive advantages?

"If the auction terms are not changed, the ongoing patent auction will bring great damage to the development and improvement of many existing technologies."

Although Kidel is also quite dissatisfied with the development of Android, so for a period of time before, they and Apple have a tacit understanding on Android, but looking at Cook's words at this time, he really wants to ask Cook, where is your face, do you still want it?

In any case, Android is free and open source, right?

You tell me, how can such a free and open source product bring great damage to the development and improvement of many existing technologies?

"Cook pointed out that we must see that when participating in the bidding for Nortel's patents, Android has also launched a merger proposal to Motorola, a well-known mobile communications company. Nortel's 6,000 patents, plus Motorola's 17,000 patents, will become the largest patent pool in the communications field..."

"He said that this will most likely make some companies use patents as weapons,"

To be honest, it was us who first used patents as weapons.

"...Cook finally said that they do not rule out filing a lawsuit in this regard..."

Charlie Kidd immediately clicked the cross in anger. At this time, Apple is really getting more and more promising.

But what the hell did you do before?

Don't say you don't know that targeting Android now is actually targeting Microsoft-of course he is not surprised by this, but why don't you take action before the auction starts, for example, strive for our two companies to join forces, wouldn't that be better?

He believed that as long as Apple launched such an initiative, Ballmer would definitely agree and find a way to end the cooperation with Android.

After all, no matter how much the two companies, including the founders, have been at odds over the years, we are natural allies to Android... Oh, Apple wants to swallow all of Nortel's patents alone and does not want to share them with anyone.

Cook, you seem to be more thoughtful than Jobs.

Yes, since you are not as capable as Jobs, of course you can only work hard in other areas.

Charlie Kidd was thinking about whether to contact Cummins now to discuss countermeasures together. The other news on the page made his brows frown even tighter, "BlackBerry opposes Android's participation in the Nortel Networks patent auction", "Intel opposes Android's participation in the Nortel Networks patent auction", "Ericsson opposes...", "Sony opposes...", "Easyshare...", "RPX opposes..."

RPX? You are here because we rejected your proposal to piggyback, so you also want to get involved, right!

Is this, a big series?

Will Apple be the initiator? It will be!

This is really going to be a bit troublesome, especially with the opposition from BlackBerry, which is now the most well-known high-tech company in Canada.

Are you so unconfident?

Thinking of this, Charlie Kidder suddenly felt a little relaxed, which showed that the other bidders seemed to be very afraid of Android.

Doesn't the opponent's fear mean that they think Android has an advantage?

Kidder immediately thought of the reason. It must be that all parties knew that Feng Yiping came to Toronto in person, but it seemed that he really didn't care about the auction, okay?

His brows that had just relaxed were furrowed again.

He believed that Ballmer must also know this information at this time, so he must also believe that the alliance between Microsoft and Android has an absolute advantage in this auction.

So if the auction is unsuccessful, how should I explain?

This is not impossible. Who knows that Feng Yiping will not be the same as last time?

It seems that the other parties participating in the auction have already reached a tacit understanding and become an alliance.

In this way, their alliance with Android will never be easy.

This time, we shouldn’t join forces with Android. Android is the best target.

Looking at Lake Ontario outside the car window, he suddenly wasn't even in the mood to have dinner and just wanted to go to the bar now.

But if he was just such a negative person, he wouldn't be able to sit in the position he is in today. He immediately called Cummins.

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Like Kidder, Cummins and the others were already in the revolving restaurant of the CN Tower. Like Kidder, he also saw the news. However, he immediately saw that Apple was the leader. The company, at such a time, behind those remarks was a deep fear of itself.

So at this time, he was happy.

Although Feng Yiping said that he would not be involved in the specific auction, when he thought that he was in Toronto, Cummins and the people in the team felt very at ease.

The people in the M&A team knew Feng Yiping very well, so they did not think that Feng Yiping came to Toronto at such a time because he did not trust them or took away their opportunity to perform. They all knew that the boss did not care about those things at all. , let alone reduce the rewards to everyone just because some projects are led by him personally.

Feng Yiping's presence will only make them feel more confident.

At this time, they were watching TV, and the Canadian TV station was also reporting on Nortel's patent auction.

Different from the news that Kidder paid attention to, the TV seemed very excited about the auction. "From all parties involved in the auction, major companies around the world obviously have unprecedented interest in Nortel Networks' patent portfolio." …”

"From the first round of the auction, the competition has been very fierce. Experts generally say that the result of this auction will be very successful,"

"This fully highlights the importance of patents and innovation. BlackBerry officials said that they should strengthen the construction of their patent library..."

Some people laughed and said, "This is playing the emotional card,"

"We cannot underestimate BlackBerry," Cummins said immediately. "They are the most advantageous target in this auction. After purchasing the patent, they can also obtain tax exemptions, subsidies and other benefits from their government, which will be great. Reduce their costs..."

He looked at his phone and said, "Hi, Charlie."