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Winklevoss Twins Finally Give Up Fighting Facebook

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-on-rowing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's former Harvard classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, who accuse him of stealing their idea for the social network, have decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court. In a filing today with the federal court in San Francisco, the duo said that after 'careful consideration,' they decided not to seek Supreme Court review of the $65 million settlement."

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  1. I would have given up a while ago by the_humeister · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and bought my own tropical island to live on.

  2. Thank Goodness! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been having a hard time sleeping at night, with all this uncertainty as to which set of narcissistic pricks would end up minting a giant pile of pretend internet money during the fools-from-their-money-parted IPO... I feel so much better now that the matter is settled.

  3. Stealing underpants for real cash by nighty5 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1) intend to launch a social network based on academia but do hardly anything
    2) ???
    3) profit!

  4. Re:On the plus side by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Would Facebook then be the first company in history to die without its top executives cashing out and retiring rich?

  5. Why not? by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd have done it, just for kicks. What other excitement exists in the life of a multi-millionaire, besides suing each other and being sued?

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
    1. Re:Why not? by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Banging gold-digging super models from what I've heard.

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      I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!