Musk was ousted in October 2000 from his role as CEO (although he remained on the board) due to disagreements with other company leadership, notably over his desire to move PayPal's Unix-based infrastructure to Microsoft Windows.
Musk je svrgnut u listopadu 2000. godine s pozicije glavnog izvršnog direktora (iako je ostao u odboru), zbog neslaganja s ostalim vodstvom tvrtke, posebno zbog njegove želje da presele PayPal uslugu s Unix bazirane infrastrukture na Microsoft Windows.