Elon is right. Some vested interests who are happy with current crony-run telecom market don't want Starlink to become operational in India because it would break their monopoly/duopoly and give Indian consumers a fresh new choice.
In reality, these are the very few people who do not want our country, India, to move forward in step with the rest of the world. We all welcome starlink to India. 🇮🇳
The spacecraft is executing a series of departure burns to move away from the @Space_Station. Dragon will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splash down in ~27.5 hours off the coast of California
Can’t unsee it…
Elon is a creator.
Bernie is a taker.
Elon is a doer.
Bernie is a talker.
Elon is a builder.
Bernie is a destroyer.
Elon is a contributor.
Bernie is a parasite.
Elon is a producer.
Bernie is a redistributor.
Elon is a Capitalist.
Bernie is a Communist.
Etc
However, we cannot mitigate risk when another operator maneuvers without sharing a predicted trajectory that includes the burn.
This is the biggest risk in LEO
While I was in Bentonville, Arkansas for the Heartland Summit this week, I stopped to check out the Walmart Museum and see Sam Walton’s 1979 @Ford F-150 — fantastic! Thank you both to the Walton family and @HeartlandFwd team for having me!
BREAKING: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirms the company will continue working with Elon Musk on Terafab.
He made the comments in Tokyo today, reaffirming Intel’s role as a development partner. Intel joined in April to help design, manufacture and package chips.
BREAKING: SpaceX’s Vice President of @Starlink Business Operations, Lauren Dreyer, spoke at India Mobile Congress today, saying Starlink is ready to serve India. 🇮🇳
Starlink has already built 20 gateway sites in India with hundreds of antennas, security controls tailored to India and Indian user data kept within the country. Final government approvals are pending.
She highlighted Starlink’s potential to help connect 100% of India, bringing people online in minutes.
“We stand ready to serve India, as soon as India is ready!”
Paul Allen said Bill Gates tried to cut his Microsoft stake to almost nothing while he was fighting cancer.
Allen kept the shares.
They later made him worth $40 billion.
In the video below, Allen explains what he heard while walking past Gates’s office during radiation therapy.
“They were basically talking about how they were planning to dilute my share down to almost nothing.”
Steve Ballmer was in the room. Allen walked in and confronted them.
Ballmer came to his house later that night to apologize. Gates did not.
Allen left Microsoft shortly after, but he kept all of his shares.
He was 30, cancer-free, and still owned nearly a third of the company. When Microsoft went public, that stake made him one of the richest people on Earth.
At one point, Allen was worth an estimated $40 billion.
Could you ever trust your co-founder again after hearing that conversation?