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I love the inherent fact that they're essentially making a more solid and lucrative "exit" on an idea they probably only discussed at length and put no actual w

I love the inherent fact that they're essentially making a more solid and lucrative "exit" on an idea they probably only discussed at length and put no actual work into. Realistically they probably make out better from this (all things like time, effort etc considered) than if Zuckerberg never does Facebook. I take that $20 mil in cash and $150 mil in stock, and if it's really not about the money like they say, I use it to be an angel investor or start other companies. This whole thing is getting tiresome.

hubb 16y ago
like several people have mentioned already, these guys actually did build a product. i wont speculate on what they're entitled to, but claiming all they did was 'discussed at length' some concept is factually incorrect. not sure why you're being up-voted -- is there something i'm missing?
- biggitybones 16y ago
  You're right - probably shouldn't have dismissed it as just being in the idea stage. I still stand behind the other point though - the assumption behind their lawsuit is that they would have been able to do what Zuckerberg did - which is pure speculation. I'm of the opinion that their legal troubles and outcome end up making them substantially more than their idea would have anyway. So walk away with a boat load of money, lesson learned, and get your name behind some positive press instead of negative.
  - whaturmissing 16y ago
    I'm of the opinion that somebody should steal each and every one of your future projects after you hire them as tech help.
spinlock 16y ago
This is exactly right. If they were real entrepreneurs, they would take the $20M and do something with it. These guys are zeros. I hope they wind up with nothing.
- whaturmissing 16y ago
  I hope that every tech you ever hire steals your projects and fucks you over. Why? Because you're a horrible person who wishes harm on people who did nothing at all wrong. That said, there's no danger, since you're just a pathetic wantrepreneur anyway. You will never have any success.
whaturmissing 16y ago
> This whole thing is getting tiresome. I agree. It's tiresome the way people like you blame the victims of a crime for complaining that they were robbed. It's tiresome the way you pretend they did nothing. It's tiresome the way you assume that Mark is wholly responsible for all his success. Yes... everything about your ignorant, insulting, crime-loving post is tiresome.

hubb 16y ago

like several people have mentioned already, these guys actually did build a product. i wont speculate on what they're entitled to, but claiming all they did was 'discussed at length' some concept is factually incorrect. not sure why you're being up-voted -- is there something i'm missing?

biggitybones 16y ago
You're right - probably shouldn't have dismissed it as just being in the idea stage. I still stand behind the other point though - the assumption behind their lawsuit is that they would have been able to do what Zuckerberg did - which is pure speculation. I'm of the opinion that their legal troubles and outcome end up making them substantially more than their idea would have anyway. So walk away with a boat load of money, lesson learned, and get your name behind some positive press instead of negative.
- whaturmissing 16y ago
  I'm of the opinion that somebody should steal each and every one of your future projects after you hire them as tech help.

spinlock 16y ago

This is exactly right. If they were real entrepreneurs, they would take the $20M and do something with it. These guys are zeros. I hope they wind up with nothing.

whaturmissing 16y ago
I hope that every tech you ever hire steals your projects and fucks you over. Why? Because you're a horrible person who wishes harm on people who did nothing at all wrong. That said, there's no danger, since you're just a pathetic wantrepreneur anyway. You will never have any success.

whaturmissing 16y ago

> This whole thing is getting tiresome. I agree. It's tiresome the way people like you blame the victims of a crime for complaining that they were robbed. It's tiresome the way you pretend they did nothing. It's tiresome the way you assume that Mark is wholly responsible for all his success. Yes... everything about your ignorant, insulting, crime-loving post is tiresome.