Big isn’t necessarily the same as profitable. And big companies like Amazon and Google have had their share of hobby projects that don’t necessarily make money (cough, cough, Google Fiber).
Is Tesla profitable? Batteries and solar are probably his version of AWS. I wonder if “The Boring Company” will be profitable? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 8:31 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Sold TSLA, whats next? AWS has been the largest cloud provider by a large margin for at least half a decade - even picking up those juicy government (CIA even) contracts to boot. I guess I just figured someone involved in IT would know that given their scale *shrug* On Feb 7, 2017 6:48 PM, "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: Serious question? How would I know information before exposure to said information? ------ Original Message ------ From: "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com <mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: 2/7/2017 7:07:05 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Sold TSLA, whats next? Did you not know that before you read about it? On Feb 7, 2017 3:24 PM, "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: I also read their biggest money maker now is not the books, or streaming, or any other crap they sell in their store. It's AWS. Which started out as a side thing they were doing. It's like if an ISP started selling books on the side, and the book business took off better than the ISP. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: 2/7/2017 4:10:39 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Sold TSLA, whats next? Didn't it only take Amazon 15+ years to become profitable?? LOL Travis On 2/7/2017 1:58 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: They have a statement in their prospectus that they may never achieve profitability. From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 1:38 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Sold TSLA, whats next? Anybody waiting for the Snap, Inc. IPO? On Feb 7, 2017 11:17 AM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: TOGS is up and coming, getting in on the ground floor is an opportunity not to be missed. Currently a privately held stock, limited to a select few investors. This thing is gonna be bigger than if Edsel had a baby with bernie maddof wint a pinch of enron stuffed into a solyndra cell. On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: Waiting for GoPro to drop below 8. From: Gino Villarini Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 10:02 AM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Sold TSLA, whats next? Thanks for the tip! Gino Villarini President Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
