5 ms·
> The problem is a company like Apple probably needs a Jobs-like character. I have been, idly, placing bets with myself on an Apple buy-out of Tesla, shades of
by cstross 10y ago
> The problem is a company like Apple probably needs a Jobs-like character.
I have been, idly, placing bets with myself on an Apple buy-out of Tesla, shades of Apple's buy-out of NeXT -- not merely to get a lead on the auto industry, but to get a new visionary leader on board in the shape of Musk.
(But I don't think Musk wants to lead a company he didn't build for himself: he doesn't want to just eat his cake, he wants to bake it from scratch.)
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoI suspect Musk is too busy with sexy technology like rockets and electric and self-driving cars to be bothered with agonizing over what Walmart moms think is a good phone. Apple isn't this hot sexy thing anymore, its the standard bearer of the mobile revolution which has become a fairly boring part of everyone's lives. I can't imagine a personality like Musk doing that job. It would seem like a caretaker job I imagine.
- rmc 10y agoCouldn't you have said that Apple pre-Jobs, or pre-iPhone?
- kwikiel 10y agoFIY Musk is not founder of tesla.