Elon and JB speak in Oslo Feb 1st 2014 1000 CET (4AM EST)

[TD1]

Standing ovation after a Q&A by a CEO of a commercial company.
Remarkable.
Wanted to say that only Apple with Steve Jobs had such moments, but he never did Q&As.

 

[InTheShadows]

I was talking with my wife yesterday how I really like how accessible Elon is.

I used to be a systems admin and attended many wwdc's and macworlds and after the keynotes Steve was no where to be found.

 

[techmaven]

I was talking with my wife yesterday how I really like how accessible Elon is.

I used to be a systems admin and attended many wwdc's and macworlds and after the keynotes Steve was no where to be found.

Certainly that was the case later on, but it certainly wasn't the case earlier in Apple and NeXT's time. Matter of fact, as part of the 30th anniversary of the Mac, the Q&A session was recently shown where Mr. Jobs was taking questions directly from the audience (as was the Mac development team). I distinctly remember meeting him as a NeXTWORLD party in the mid 90's, where basically any conference attendee would have met him. In his last few years, there was a higher precedence given to media interviews than general Q&A sessions. I believe he did do general Q&A at shareholder meetings.