its going to end up partnering with facebook. already has the global
customer reach and billing platform in play. the only thing they lack in
turning this up is a customer support platform. maybe theyll just hire
serverplus

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 9:14 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

> I worked for a company once that did an IPO.  I disagree that IPOs are to
> raise money.  In many/most cases, the IPO is for the investors and
> employees to turn their stock into cash.  Especially if you got talented
> people to work for cheap because they got a bunch of stock options.  If you
> can never exercise those options and sell the shares, it's just Monopoly
> money.
>
>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 7:27 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
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> There have been attempts to build similar space internet services in the
> past, and no company has figured out how to turn such a system into a huge,
> global business. Starlink dwarfs all these previous attempts in terms of
> the size and scope of its ambition.
>
> IPOs are to raise money. Maybe StarLink isn’t making ends meet after all.
>
> > On Feb 6, 2020, at 7:23 PM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/spacex-likely-to-spin-off-starlink-business-and-pursue-an-ipo
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