For all of you trying to parse this on a purely business level and justify Zynga on some ethical or legal distinction between 'vested' and 'unvested', etc., und

For all of you trying to parse this on a purely business level and justify Zynga on some ethical or legal distinction between 'vested' and 'unvested', etc., understand this: The take-away lesson, from the standpoint of an experienced developer being offered stock options in lieu of compensation is, from now on, a simple story, and it's the one you will have to overcome for the foreseeable future, thanks to Pincus: Once upon a time the "Google Chef" could become a millionare. Now he can't. The End