SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private Deal

Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by jacquesm on Thursday September 27, 2018 @05:54PM (#18089124)

I was with you right up to here:

> Musk might do better focusing on Space-X.

Maybe. As long as he does not claim the CEO slot.

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by sqquuiiiddd on Thursday September 27, 2018 @05:58PM (#18089160)

It’s a private company

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by jacquesm on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:18PM (#18089310)

Guess who owns the bulk of the stock?

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by rtrunck on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:43PM (#18089516)

Elon. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-spacex-shareholders...

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by jacquesm on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:48AM (#18091329)

Exactly. So if he wants to claim the CEO slot he can.

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by jacquesm on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:51AM (#18091342)

I suggest you re-read the headline. Elon is fantastic in some ways and terrible in others. He really needs to - quickly - get some self control or it will end badly. What do you think are the chances of Gwynne Shotwell tweeting SpaceX into the gutter or wrecking its reputation by getting into a tiff with a guy trying to rescue a bunch of kids?

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by ckastner on Friday September 28, 2018 @06:57AM (#18092399)

> What do you think are the chances of Gwynne Shotwell tweeting SpaceX into the gutter or wrecking its reputation by getting into a tiff with a guy trying to rescue a bunch of kids?

This comparison is an excellent point illustrating just how far off of the baseline Musk has already drifted.

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by Mirioron on Friday September 28, 2018 @07:08AM (#18092441)

>What do you think are the chances of Gwynne Shotwell tweeting SpaceX into the gutter or wrecking its reputation by getting into a tiff with a guy trying to rescue a bunch of kids?

Low, but we also know that the chances of her starting a company like SpaceX wouldn't have been nearly as high either since she didn't.

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by albedoa on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:05PM (#18094974)

We absolutely don't know that, especially for that reason. What?

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by bdcravens on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:01AM (#18090963)

I think HN's ire isn't based on him being a "terrible CEO"; it's anger toward the hubris of what is seen as someone who thinks the rules don't apply to them.

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by cheeze on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:57AM (#18091193)

Everything up this point has shown that they don't though

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by johnny22 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @11:22PM (#18090764)

being a good CEO at the beginning isn't the same as being good CEO farther down the line. That's what most people are saying on this topic. It's possible that elon is great at starting companies, but maybe not "finishing" them.

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