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> He says he wanted to show that a Chinese company, his company, was able to produce a similar car. And therefore he decided to build a “Chinese Benz”. And the
by chihuahua 4y ago
> He says he wanted to show that a Chinese company, his company, was able to produce a similar car. And therefore he decided to build a “Chinese Benz”.
And then it turns out what he actually does is buy another Chinese car based on an Audi 100, and replace the body panels while keeping the drivetrain, suspension, and interior. As far as I can tell, that proves absolutely nothing. Am I missing something?
- wmf 4y agoMaybe the prototype allowed Geely to raise enough money to actually make cars.
- qzw 4y agoIf you want to prove you know how to program, and you take some well known open source software but change it substantially enough to make it a different product that’s useful to some customers. Does that prove you can write software? I think it’s arguable, but it does prove you’re at least not completely incompetent around software.
- brookst 4y agoI mean I learned programming typing in programs from printed magazines and then modifying them a tiny bit, then a lot, then just glancing at the source, and then not at all. There is nothing wrong with learning by disassembly and modification. Tesla outright sold Lotus rolling chassis for their first car. Learnings from that produced the model S.
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- wil421 4y agoNo this is more akin to you buying off the shelf software from a local reseller, slapping a new UI, and then reselling it as a look-a-like competitors software.