3 ms·

>why is he moving to Tesla which is equally secretive? In what way is Tesla secretive? They make all kinds of announcements about things that aren't actually

• pilif 10y ago
  sure. but they share none of their engineering insights. As Mr. Lattner is an engineer, I would assume that sharing engineering-related stuff is more interesting than pre-announcing marketing information.
  • pkd 10y ago
    Didn't they open source [sic] all their patents? [1] I'd call that being pretty open. [1] https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
    • guptaneil 10y ago
      Patents are open by design. "Open sourcing" a patent just means Tesla is agreeing to license the patent to anybody and won't sue you for using it. That's still a marketing/business decision, not an engineering one.
    • dv_dt 10y ago
      Wasn't that mostly supercharger patents? There's a shared network effect that helps every electric car maker if they all use the same charger standard...