Said competitor, of course, is unlikely to agree to such terms unless
they're in a pinch.
Exactly my point Norman,
Ken
On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 9:50 PM Norman Yarvin <yarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 10:47:33PM -0400, Henry Spencer wrote:
On Sun, 29 Aug 2021, roxanna Mason wrote:
... Why would Elon sell engines to a potential competitor?
Cash flow, engines and aftermarket parts and support.
"The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." --
attributed (probably incorrectly) to Lenin.
"Mature" companies, with decisions made by committees of beancounters, do
tend to care more about the cash flow and the stock price today, than
about enabling tomorrow's dangerous competitor. But it's not a mistake
that SpaceX under Elon is likely to make.
Selling things to your competitor at a price that bleeds them dry
isn't necessarily a bad move. ("We have to charge a lot because of
all the integration problems that will inevitably arise. So sorry
that this erases all their profits and then some.")
Said competitor, of course, is unlikely to agree to such terms unless
they're in a pinch.
