Elons success story will play out when he's dead. Until then it does not look like he will stop. The only reason why PayPal is no longer a concern of his and which allows us to call it 'history' is because as far as he was concerned it brought what it could so it was time to move on. And move on he did.
The only two ways the others can 'play out' is by failing or succeeding. For SpaceX to succeed means a totally different thing to Elon musk than to you or I, for him success is not to make money but to put foot on Mars. Tesla is a sideshow (but an important one at that), with much more impact than PayPal or Ebay. If Tesla 'succeeds' that will likely mean that it will own a substantial portion of the car market at some point (imagine a budget tesla within 5 to 10 years), if it fails the only thing that I can imagine would be a total shut-down or being bought out to stop it from folding.
Effectively the whole patent thing is a very interesting approach to this problem, it says 'we will not be bought at any point'.
I'm not one of the 'gushing fanboys', I just look on in total amazement at what one guy with sufficient drive can accomplish and I'm just as amazed at how many people are ready to trip him up.
The least the naysayers could do is shut up and wait it out, in the meantime, Musk is going places and PayPal appears to have been (with our present knowledge) but a small step on the way. One thing is already fairly sure at this point, Elon Musk's name will be one that will very likely be part of the history books, whether as business tycoon, first man to set foot on Mars (or die on Mars) or as the man who tried to change the world for the better but failed remains to be seen. Regardless, it will likely be in a very positive light, all creativity with no destruction is a worthwhile attitude.
The only two ways the others can 'play out' is by failing or succeeding. For SpaceX to succeed means a totally different thing to Elon musk than to you or I, for him success is not to make money but to put foot on Mars. Tesla is a sideshow (but an important one at that), with much more impact than PayPal or Ebay. If Tesla 'succeeds' that will likely mean that it will own a substantial portion of the car market at some point (imagine a budget tesla within 5 to 10 years), if it fails the only thing that I can imagine would be a total shut-down or being bought out to stop it from folding.
Effectively the whole patent thing is a very interesting approach to this problem, it says 'we will not be bought at any point'.
I'm not one of the 'gushing fanboys', I just look on in total amazement at what one guy with sufficient drive can accomplish and I'm just as amazed at how many people are ready to trip him up.
The least the naysayers could do is shut up and wait it out, in the meantime, Musk is going places and PayPal appears to have been (with our present knowledge) but a small step on the way. One thing is already fairly sure at this point, Elon Musk's name will be one that will very likely be part of the history books, whether as business tycoon, first man to set foot on Mars (or die on Mars) or as the man who tried to change the world for the better but failed remains to be seen. Regardless, it will likely be in a very positive light, all creativity with no destruction is a worthwhile attitude.