The world is in trouble

Chapter 299 A Dramatic Reversal! Er Gou's Decisive Strike!
It has been almost four months since Google sued quantum technology.

The entire United States is now caught in a very strange mood, with many people genuinely wanting quantum technology to win, or more accurately, wanting the "Two Dogs" cult leader to win.

While many of these fans are certainly from Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and The Hunger Games, those who are fans of Fallout 3 and The Witcher series are even more loyal and more aligned with technology.

But it's more of an emotion, a hero fighting a dragon.

Google is already a global giant, and in the eyes of many tech workers, it still has a very good reputation, even resembling a technological mecca.

However, Er Gou, the leader of the cult, resonates more with people's heroic sentiments.

In the eyes of many people, Google is an evil dragon, and of course... Microsoft is even more so.

However, countless people genuinely believe that quantum technology is likely a copy of the underlying design architecture of the Android operating system.

Otherwise, there would be no such coincidence.

Of course, this is just a very vague concept.

This is also thanks to Google's months-long, massive advertising campaign and the implantation of the concept.

Although Quantum Technology's X operating system is more refined, its design architecture and underlying architecture are more than 80% similar. Moreover, Android has evidence that it had already perfected the underlying design and architecture of the entire system before at least December 2004, when the X Research Institute had not yet been established and the X operating system was not even in the works.

Therefore, it must be that the later one copied the former.

For most people, especially users of quantum phones, what they crave is for Er Gou to provide a reason that everyone can accept.

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San Francisco, NDCal (United States District Court for the Northern District of California).

The place is packed with people; countless media outlets from around the world are crowding here. Although they can't get inside the courtroom, they can still broadcast the events live.

In addition, supporters from both sides were holding various flags and signs, chanting their respective slogans.

Channels like CBS, BBC, NEW12, YouTube, AMC, and CNN all have their own cameras and microphones, with all sorts of hosts standing in front of the screen.

This even includes CCTV, Shanghai TV, Jiangnan TV, Phoenix TV, and so on in China.

"Dear viewers, there is less than an hour left before the court session begins."

"The next question is whether Lin Xiao, the leader of Quantum Technology, also known as Er Gou, will appear in court, or whether Wu Di, the chief scientist of the Chinese branch of X Research Institute, will represent Quantum Technology in court."

"As we all know, Wu Di represented Lin Xiao at the press conference on May 31, and it was an unprecedented success."

This is Taiwan's TVBS.

CBS hosts, on the other hand, use a different tone.

"Although Google keeps calling for Lin Xiao to attend the trial, the real defendant is XSOFT, so it would be appropriate for either Wu Di or the person in charge of XSOFT to appear in court."

"Whether Mr. Lin Xiao appears in court or not will not affect the outcome of this trial."

CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox, and other television networks hold a different stance.

"Without a doubt, Lin Xiao will not appear, because the possibility of losing this lawsuit is very high, and Lin Xiao has achieved great success in the United States in the past few years and has a huge aura."

"As long as he doesn't show up, even if the lawsuit is lost, the damage to his image will still be within a controllable range. Because this plagiarism may be committed by the person in charge of XSOFT, who can still tell fans around the world that this behavior has nothing to do with Er Gou Jiaozhu, that he was unaware of it, and that he was also a victim."

"If he appears in court and is ultimately found guilty of plagiarism and infringement, he will have to bear the responsibility. This means that the halo he has built up over the years will be fatally damaged, which will harm the market value of Dreamworld, Facebook, and YouTube."

"Personal branding is a double-edged sword for a company."

"But without a doubt, this case is of great significance, as it may represent a game between China and the United States regarding intellectual property rights."

Almost all the media outlets shared the same opinion: Lin Xiao, for the sake of his own prestige and the market value of his vast empire, would absolutely not appear at this trial.

However, at this moment...

An ordinary Mercedes-Benz was spotted outside the federal district courthouse in the Northern District of California.

Immediately, countless reporters and media swarmed forward.

The car stopped, the door opened, and the first person to get out was none other than Er Gou, the leader of the cult, also known as Lin Xiao.

Next came Ms. Gerken, followed by assistant lawyer Lian Yi.

"Click, click, click..."

Countless flashes went off simultaneously.

Almost all the cameras were pointed at him.

All the media were surprised that Lin Xiao had actually appeared.

Is he really going to appear in court? Is Google's provocation about to succeed?
Along the short stretch of road, countless media outlets blocked his way, and numerous microphones were thrust in front of Lin Xiao.

Many bodyguards and bailiffs stepped forward to block the reporters.

Lin Xiao suddenly stopped, his gaze falling on reporters from CCTV, Shanghai TV, and American news outlets like New12 and CBS.

But countless TV reporters and hosts crowded around.

"Mr. Lin, why are you here at this court hearing?"

Whether it's Chinese television stations and media outlets or American media, they almost all asked the same question.

Lin Xiao spoke slowly into the microphone of a CCTV reporter: "In many people's eyes, this is a story of a hero fighting a dragon."

He spoke in English because, in this battle over operating systems, his domestic market share is relatively stable, and what he wants to win over is the global market.

Once Chinese is spoken, the conversation is deliberately steered toward the US-China rivalry and the US-China intellectual property dispute.

Thankfully, the "China threat" theory hasn't become too prevalent in recent years.

But... those good times won't last much longer. In four or five years at most, the atmosphere won't be the same anymore.

At least so far, cooperation between the two countries outweighs competition, especially during this financial crisis.

In a few years, the situation will reverse, and if such a lawsuit were to occur again at that time, it would be extremely disadvantageous.

Lin Xiao continued, "But in my eyes, Google is not an evil dragon. It still maintains a positive and enterprising spirit, full of pioneering and adventurous spirit."

"And I, without a doubt, am a hero."

"Traditionally, the brave will eventually turn into the evil dragon. Because once they can't find a direction for innovation and breakthroughs, they start to become complacent and use their strength to suppress newcomers and innovators."

"Will I, the hero, turn into a dragon?"

"Probably not. When I lose my way, I will choose to disappear completely."

"But at least for now, the road ahead is still long."

"I've said it many times: the romance of the future is ByteDance, it's the stars and the universe."

"I hope that after this incident, we and Google can put aside our differences and move forward."

"thank you all!"

After saying that, Lin Xiao led his team into the courthouse!
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The judge and jury in this trial were actually quite conflicted.

Because many of them are using quantum phones and find them to be extremely useful.

However, they also genuinely felt that quantum technology was indeed plagiarized.

Google's lawyer, Bill Nyukum, said slowly, "Defendant, Mr. Lin, first of all, we would like to express our respect for your heroic actions in the shooting two months ago. At that critical moment, you stepped forward and protected the two ladies without hesitation."

"You embody heroism, whether in China or the United States; you fulfill countless people's expectations of a hero."

"So, in my view, heroes are all proud, especially before the sacred court, and they are all sincere, allowing no lies to exist, right?"

Ms. Gerken immediately sensed the trap, but since the current narrative was favorable to the judge and jury's perception of Lin Xiao, she did not stand up to object.

Lin Xiao: "Of course, whether it's in court or not, whether I'm a hero or not, I shouldn't lie."

Bill: "Next, please allow me to demonstrate the underlying architecture and design logic of the two operating systems!"

Next, the large screen in the courtroom, and another lawyer, Liu Yitai, held up various paper documents in his hands.

The demonstration lasted for several minutes.

Finally, Bill asked, "Mr. Lin Xiao, please tell me. Can two completely unrelated technology companies, with no communication or interaction, develop two operating systems that share such a high degree of similarity in their underlying design and architecture?"

"We conducted another evaluation based on the assessment by an authoritative team, and the similarity between the two operating systems in terms of underlying architecture and design has increased to about 86%."

"First of all, Mr. Lin, do you agree with this viewpoint?"

"Are the underlying architectures and designs of the two operating systems more than 80% similar?"

Upon hearing this, Gerken, the lawyer representing Quantum Technology, immediately stood up and said, "Objection!"

"The plaintiff's lawyer's questions were highly unreasonable and leading."

The judge thought for a moment and said, "Objection overruled."

Bill asked, "Mr. Lin Xiao, answer me directly: do you acknowledge this viewpoint? Do you admit that the underlying architecture and design of the two operating systems are more than 80% similar?"

Then, everyone's eyes were fixed on Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao slowly said, "I admit it!"

Suddenly, the whole place was in an uproar!
How could you admit it? Admitting it puts you in a passive position!
Bill was overjoyed. This "Second Dog Cult Leader" was simply too glamorous, having been blinded by countless honors and praises lately. Going to court directly was a foolish move to begin with, and now he's trying to be a hero by admitting it outright.

Are you turning the courtroom into your personal stage? To stage your arrogant heroism?
You'll get a bloody head if you do that.

Bill continued, "Then please answer my second question: if two unrelated companies are developing two operating systems that do not interact or communicate with each other, will the final products be so similar?"

"Or rather, is such a high degree of similarity normal or abnormal? Does it align with the natural development logic of the two companies?"

"Mr. Lin Xiao, answer me!"

At this point, it would be perfectly acceptable to answer "normal".

Because there is no particularly standard answer to this. It can be said that once the decision is made to open source and to use the Linux kernel, the final design direction will be the same.

You could even say that although Android and iOS are open source and closed source respectively, they are very similar.

You could even say that the two operating systems are more than 60% similar, so why don't you say that iOS copied you? Going further, you could even say that the DNA similarity between humans and dogs is more than 80%.

Of course, the opposing lawyers had already anticipated that Lin Xiao might respond in this way. Therefore, they prepared further evidence.

Provide a complete architecture diagram of both systems.

Both systems are built from the bottom up, with a total of five layers.

The system uses the Linux Kernel as its kernel space, and the upper layer consists of Hal, native system libraries (C/C++), a virtual machine runtime environment, a Framework (Java), and System Apk (i.e., user space). System calls connect the kernel space and user space, and JNI connects the Java Framework and the native layer in user space; thus, all the frameworks are linked together to form the system.

Even the specific architecture and design ideas of each layer are the same, and the design logic is the same.

For example, the design concepts of ART-related functions, AOT and JIT, garbage collection system, sampling analyzer, observation points, and monitoring special sections.

Especially in terms of the Java API Framework, the ideas are almost identical.

If they look similar, it's one thing if some of their operating logic is similar, but the key is that such detailed and complete architectures have such a high degree of similarity. How do you explain that?

There's no way to explain it.

Everyone's eyes remained fixed on Lin Xiao, awaiting his answer.

Meanwhile, the plaintiff's legal team has prepared the next wave of evidence, ready to directly refute Lin Xiao's claims.

As a result… Lin Xiao slowly said, “I agree with your point of view. Such a high degree of similarity between two operating systems is completely abnormal.”

As soon as these words came out.

Not only the judge was astonished, but the jury was astonished as well.

Even the plaintiff's legal team, the Google team, and the Android company team stared at Lin Xiao in disbelief.

Which side are you on?

We originally only had a 70% chance of winning, but your answer has caused our win rate to skyrocket to 90%!

So-called sincerity, so-called inability to lie, are all lies. In court, they just try every possible way to argue their way out.

Where did you get all these accolades?
How did you survive until now and become a giant?

You were already immature when you appeared in court, and you're getting more and more immature now.

Even with Lin Xiao's response, the opposing legal team presented even more detailed evidence.

The internal architecture of the two systems is fully presented to everyone, from text to diagrams.

It has to be a done deal.

The goal is to directly condemn Er Gou, the leader of the Quantum Technology cult, for plagiarism.

The opposing lawyers patiently explained the structural similarities between the two operating systems to the judge, the jury, and everyone present, but this time they used a more nuanced term, going beyond simply using "similar."

Instead, it uses almost the exact same.

Words like "exactly the same" or "completely identical".

Bill: "Your Honor, esteemed members of the jury, Mr. Lin Xiao has just admitted that such a high degree of similarity, even an identical design structure, is completely abnormal."

"According to the evidence we submitted, Android had already perfected the architecture of this operating system by at least December 2, 2004."

"Mr. Lin Xiao, please tell me, when did you establish the X Research Institute? When did you start designing the X Operating System?"

Lin Xiao: "X Research Institute was registered and established on June 19, 2005. XSOFT was established a little later."

Won!

The Google team, the Android team, and the plaintiff's legal team were overjoyed.

I originally thought this third trial would be a fierce battle, with the other side trying to argue their case to the end, because ultimately, there is still some ambiguity regarding whether the so-called similarity of this operating system constitutes plagiarism.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao was so honest and admitted to everything.

Bill announced loudly, "Your Honor, Your Honor, the truth is now fully revealed."

"Mr. Lin Xiao first acknowledged that the two operating systems had a similarity of over 86%, and also believed that this was an abnormal and unnatural development, which means that he indirectly admitted that there were elements of borrowing and plagiarism involved. Android had already perfected this architecture before December 2004, and it was only six months later that Mr. Lin Xiao established the X Research Institute, and poached two core members and six key members from Android to start the development of the X operating system."

"Therefore, there is no doubt that Quantum Technology's X operating system is a copy of Google's Android system."

The opposing lawyer's statement was practically the final word.

The judge and the jury almost always had the answer in their hearts.
The judge asked, "Defendants, do you have anything else to say?"

Everyone looked toward Ms. Gerken, the lawyer representing Quantum Technology, but to their surprise, she didn't step forward; instead, another member of the legal team stood up.

Many people present were amazed by her beauty.

Lian Yi looked at the judge and then at the founder of Android Company in the plaintiff's seat.

"Your Honor, gentlemen and ladies of the jury!"

"My client, Mr. Lin Xiao, has just clearly admitted that the two systems share more than 86% similarity in their underlying architecture and design logic."

"In addition, he also admitted that this situation is very abnormal and does not conform to natural development, so there may be plagiarism involved."

"Then I would like to ask Mr. Andy Rubin, the plaintiff, do you acknowledge these two points?"

The entire audience was stunned. This was precisely the plaintiff's argument, the core theory for convicting quantum technology.

Why are you asking the plaintiff?
The plaintiff, Andy Rubin, looked at his lawyer, Bill, and after their eyes met, he stood up and said, "Of course, that has always been our position."

Lian Yi: "The plaintiff's argument is that whoever proposed this complete design architecture first is the original creator of the system, and those who followed are plagiarists. Do you still hold this view?"

Andy Rubin looked at the legal team once again.

A sense of unease immediately arose in the opposing legal team.

This... what does this mean?
This is clearly a viewpoint that should convict you, so why do you keep asking us to confirm it?

But at this crucial moment, denying this viewpoint would be tantamount to overturning everything you've done before.

Andy Rubin nodded again and said, "We still stand by this point. Xsoft, as a latecomer, poached our core staff, so it is plagiarism of our system and a serious infringement of our intellectual property rights."

Lian Yi: "Your Honor, Jury, in fact, my client, Mr. Lin Xiao, raised the issue of the underlying design logic architecture of this operating system much earlier. Android's evidence dates back to December 2004, while my agent raised it at least seven months earlier."

These words caused another uproar in the audience.

Andy Rubin shouted directly, "Impossible!"

Judge: "Quiet, quiet!"

Plaintiff's lawyer Bill: "Defendant's lawyer, do you have any evidence? Your Honor, I request that the opposing side submit very authoritative evidence, not just a few witnesses."

Lian Yi: "We do have evidence!"

"Mr. Andy, my agent has sent people to contact your company several times, wanting to acquire Android Company, is that right?"

Andy Rubin: "Yes, we were in contact for almost a year. I met with Ms. Xia Xi from Lightning Technology more than three times during that time."

Lian Yi: "So in January, March and May of 2004, did you receive any emails from Mr. Lin Xiao, all of which were about his ideas for mobile phone operating systems?"

"Especially the email from May 6th, which contains the lowest-level design logic and underlying structure of the X operating system."

Andy Rubin: "No, I have not received any emails like that."

Lian Yi: "Your Honor, Jury, please allow us to present our evidence."

At this point, Android, the Google team, and the plaintiff's legal team grew increasingly uneasy.

No way, no way!
If so, then...that would be terrifying.

Lian Yi took out her laptop, connected it to the large screen, and then logged into Yahoo! Group's email system, directly finding the email sending records from 2004.

A total of 7 emails.

Just as Lian Yi said, it was all initiated by Lin Xiao, who discussed mobile operating systems with Andy Rubin, the founder of Android.

These emails were sent gradually.

Especially the email from May 6th.

The underlying design logic of the X operating system is clearly written above, with several major categories and five layers.

And the architecture of each layer is written out clearly.

Even the related charts are drawn very clearly, and some charts are even hand-drawn directly on paper, then photographed and uploaded.

Although these underlying designs and architectures are somewhat different from the current operating system, they are already more than 80% similar.

Because Google kept repeating the information, almost everyone present immediately accepted the chart, and some even understood it a little bit.

That's right, the underlying design logic and architecture of this system in this email are complete, and even completely consistent with the current operating system.

Moreover, the email record clearly shows the date, making it impossible to fake.

On May 6, 2004, it was about seven months earlier than the complete system design architecture submitted by Android.

The entire audience was completely stunned.

The people at Android, the Google team, were practically frozen in place.

The plaintiff's legal team was also almost dumbfounded.

Who would have thought?

Lin Xiao unexpectedly submitted such crucial evidence at this critical moment, completing this dramatic reversal.

The whole process was incredibly dramatic.

This not only cleared Lin Xiao and Quantum Technology of plagiarism allegations.

Conversely, Android itself is unable to provide a clear explanation.

Now, the one suspected of plagiarism is not me, but your Android company!
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Note: Sorry it's late again, but it was really hard to write! Tears...

(End of this chapter)