eastbayrae

January 13, 2011 at 1:02am

I think this same news was on the Today show over two months ago.

Rogue74

January 12, 2011 at 7:22pm

Take the money and run! Just put that in the bank and invest it and you're set for life.

ShyLinuxGuy

January 12, 2011 at 12:33pm

There are going to be hundreds, if not thousands, of people who claim you stole an idea if you ever take that idea and capitalize on it. It ALWAYS happens. What more do these guys want, though? They're lucky to even get a settlement, because it's pretty cut and dried that Facebook is a social networking venue, and there's not much to it. It's like MySpace 2.0. It always happens: when there's a big revolution in something, other companies come out of the woodwork and want a piece of the pie without working for it. Look at Apple when Microsoft came out with Windows 3.1? (this happened right before I was born I think). Apple sued Microsoft, saying they copied, when the darn interfaces were two totally different things? Apple expected Microsoft and probably other companies producing OSes to stay in the command-line era! These lawsuits, which are usually frivolous, need to be saved for something more relevant.

This little rant here is someone who doesn't really care for Facebook (the privacy problems), but I guess I'm one of the few that believe in giving credit where credit is due, regardless of other situations. Facebook was started as another social networking utility, not too different from the other ones (at least in my perspective), and grew in popularity. Simple as that.

Modroneman

January 12, 2011 at 11:59am

The Zuck couldn't reach into his back pocket and pull and quick $500 Mil out for these guys? Hmm....

PCLinuxguy

January 12, 2011 at 7:22am

these jerks are just greedy. so what if the site was big, they're getting alot of money and should be greatful for it considering the lousy economy and others struggling to make ends meet.  If they don't want the money, send it my way!