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Potato potahto. Same entity.
by jakobson14 3y ago
Potato potahto. Same entity.
- dragonwriter 3y agoPayPal was a product of the company purchased after the first time Musk was forced out as CEO of X.com,Musk was brought in as CEO again as a consequence of the acquisition, and a big part of why he was forced out again was that he didn’t want to focus on the PayPal product or name, which... basically everyone else involved disagreed with. So, I think the distinction goes to the heart of what the problem was for which he was kicked out.
- jakobson14 3y agoIf you really want to get to the heart of the matter: "After Thiel resigned following a rift over Musk pushing for the PayPal system to go on a Microsoft platform instead of Unix-based software, Musk wanted to broaden the company's ambitions as more than just a money-transfer service by making the letter X more prominent in its branding and phasing out the PayPal name ..."