Without Bezos running Amazon the ego level against using the cheaper launch system is reduced. Stock holders forced them through the courts to buy some already. Legal pressure will build if they don't start putting up large numbers of satellites as they already have missed their first deadline to have the first half of the Leo satellites up and if they miss the second they will have to do more explaining to not lose their launch license. They are also have new constellations on top of Leo.

Where will they get the launches for 1000s of satellites if not SpaceX? New Glenn is grounded due to the explosion. They can't fly without persuading the FAA that the problem is solved (and rebuilding the launch site). Vulcan is also grounded because the SRBs have had repeated problems AND the BE-4s that seem to be the source of the New Glenn explosion. They have to convince the FAA that both problems are solved. Arianne 6 just doesn't have the launch cadence.

SpaceX has a proven ability to launch many times a year with Falcon 9. Assuming they start using Starship to launch Starlink V3 by year end (and it may be by the end of August) they will have lots of surplus launch ability to use with Falcon 9.

Bezos founded BO two years before Musk founded SpaceX. Back then he was far more wealthy than Musk.

Year 2000 Bezos had $4.7 billion, 2002 $1.8 billion (Amazon stock price dropped)

Year 2002 Musk had $180 million

So Bezos started first and had more money. BO has made 3 orbital flights only 1 of which seems to have been fully successful

Musk starting later with less money now dominates the industry. His Falcon 9 has had over 660 successful launches.

Does look like Bezos is the wannabe.

Vulcan has issues with the SRBs and the BE-4 engines. Until both are resolved it isn't flying.

Starship still in prototype.

Accurate. Only a nutcase would think that they can dictate what is illegal in the EU when they aren't even a citizen there let alone a legal expert.

Android and Chrome

With a copyright of 5 years publishers would just wait 5 years and a day and then publish your submitted work and not pay you. Then authors can't make a living as authors.

In The Godwhale and Half Past Human novels by TJ Bass, companion cybers were human level intelligence advisors that at least some humans carried. The two I remember are "belt" which was exactly that a wide belt and toothpick a "javelin" about 3' long. There was a less portable one called "ball" that was a basketball sized "crystal ball" as well. They were very logical and well educated advisors and did not "appear" to be reporting all your activities unless they had to to get you necessary help. These books were published in 1971 and 1974 so he was about 50 years ahead in predicting this.

Trump does not negotiate. He sets ridiculous demands and changes them on whims.

One of the things they accused IBM of putting into Linux was NEVER IN LINUX. It was rejected by the Linux maintainers AND it was SCOG that tried to put it in Linux not IBM.

SCOG also claimed that IBM converted a list of SCOG customers to Linux. Unfortunately IBM had all the press releases from SCOG BOASTING about how they had converted those customers to Linux.

Actually he was trying for a partnership with the landfill owners where they would get a share of the value of the bitcoin IF it were found. They declined.

As I recall O'Gara claimed not to be connected with SCOG but DID claim to be a creditor that SCOG owed money to.

But does IBM claim rent on things that they refuse to prove they own? That was what SCOG did.

Since SCOG wouldn't reveal the code that they claimed to be in violation how code IBM do that?

They also claimed to have a team of "MIT deep divers" who provided evidence. For some reason the "team" was never revealed. Also the "report"/"evidence" of these deep divers was never revealed. Funny thing is when they started the case with IBM they claimed to have a "mountain" of evidence and that they were ready to go direct to trial without discovery BUT then dragged out discover for YEARS.

IBM was required to turn over mountains of evidence which SCOG then claimed they couldn't access so IBM provided them with a server with all the required information WITH detailed instructions on how to setup the server (down to how to plug it in) and access the data. No evidence was used from this server, no reason to believe that SCOG ever set it up.

Per core.