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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 10:34 PM
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The Facebook Twins Finally Surrender
It's over. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have finally—finally!—given up the legal war that earned them $100 million, that shamed the founder of Facebook, and that spawned an Oscar-winning movie.

The would-be Facebook founders have officially promised not to take their lawsuit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to the Supreme Court. In a federal court filing today, the twins said that after "careful consideration" they decided not to appeal a string of legal defeats.

http://ca.gawker.com/5814674/the-facebook-twins-finally-surrender?skyline=true&s=i
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 10:44 PM
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1. "because we already got 100 mil more than we deserve"
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 10:47 PM
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2. What a pay day.
At the end of the movie,however,they said that Zuckerberg was worth $26 billion,so,I can't get too sorry for him.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 11:18 PM
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4. And if he doesn't fix his site's security problems...
he's gonna be worth about 26 dollars.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 11:19 PM
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5. true. Nice work if you can get it

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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 11:11 PM
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3. They'd better sell it quick while they can
The next big thing will be on us within the next few years. As soon as Facebook starts charging, they'll find out how few people are really that addicted to them.
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cbdo2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 10:49 AM
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7. They need to at least hold out until the Facebook IPO.
They're $100 Mil will double around that time...before your prediction about the "next big thing" comes true.
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 08:20 PM
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8. If they can dump it that day, they'll be fine
Next day, they'll be screwed. Well, still rich as all hell, but I'm speaking relatively here.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 09:48 PM
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9. If you have 100 mill
why would you want to increase it to 200? Isn't 100 mill enough? :shrug:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 07:58 AM
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6. Teh winklevii...
Edited on Thu Jun-23-11 08:00 AM by Javaman
battle of the wealthy to get even more wealthy.

I have no horse in this race other than they are obscenely wealthy and there are still poor people trying to eat.
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