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>>Cramium (still in stealth mode), approached me to advise on open source strategy Why is a stealth mode company interested in an open source strategy? Isn't
by godelmachine 4y ago
>>Cramium (still in stealth mode), approached me to advise on open source strategy
Why is a stealth mode company interested in an open source strategy?
Isn't that counter intuitive and purpose-defeating?
- mhh__ 4y agoPeople want the allure of stealth while also having the street cred of.open source, apparently.
- godelmachine 4y agoI wonder how many stealth mode companies have actually delivered anything? Magic Leap used to be in stealth mode back in 2016 and there was so much frenzied speculation around it in the media. Last I heard, they had delivered some headsets of industrial process automation and that's about it.
- adg001 4y agoCounter intuitive, perhaps, but not necessarily purpose-defeating, because a stealth mode company can choose to release its open source components only a later moment in time, when it is ready to generate positive cash flow.
- detaro 4y agoBecause it doesn't intend to remain in "stealth mode" forever?
- ZiiS 4y agoArguably given a front-page story they are not in "Stealth mode" now?
- bunnie 4y agoStealth mode simply refers to a stage in a company's evolution, not an on-going state of operation. For example, because the company is not yet fully formed, it doesn't have a website -- nobody has made one, because it's not the most pressing thing to do right now. I don't even think the company has an official logo yet. They are basically walking and chewing gum by trying to put together their advisory board, while they also put together the details of the corporate entity. In essence most startups go through a "stealth mode" phase because many disclosable details simply do not exist. It's perfectly consistent to say "we want to do open source", but also not have prepared a logo, a website, and an overall corporate narrative.