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Re:Musk urges Tesla workers to cut costs ahead of fundraisin... by coliveira on Saturday September 03, 2016 @05:46PM (#12421378)
I really don't see any difference if he wins or succeeds. Do you think he is the only person who can do cars or rockets for example? If he fails someone else will pick up the slack, so I see no reason to cheer that he will do it (or for the same reason to expect the opposite).

Moreover, if he succeeds it is not only for his personal merits. That's one of the things that the media gets completely wrong. It is more for the merits of a large group of people working in engineering, advertisement, financing, and because of the general state of the economy. Similarly, if he fails it will not be solely because of his personal qualities.

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Re:Musk urges Tesla workers to cut costs ahead of fundraisin... by landryraccoon on Saturday September 03, 2016 @05:58PM (#12421417)
> Do you think he is the only person who can do cars or rockets for example?

Who else is trying? A lot of people who could do this are reading Hackernews right now. How many of them are actually trying to do it?

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Re:Musk urges Tesla workers to cut costs ahead of fundraisin... by qaq on Saturday September 03, 2016 @10:06PM (#12422295)
He is the only one who came this far, will someone else try probably, but I'd rather see it happen as soon as possible. Also if he fails raising funding for this type of project will be very problematic also there are very few people in the position to try in the first place.
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