Posted by: casino June 18, 2008
THE BATTLE FOR FACEBOOK
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Mark Zuckerberg launched an online empire from his dorm room at Harvard. Now four fellow students say he stole their idea.

In 2004, five students at Harvard were all racing to invent a social-networking site. After Mark launched Facebook from his dorm that February, classmates Cameron Winklevoss, Divya Narendra and Taylor Winklevose accused him of ripping off their idea. "WE GOT REALLY SCREWED."says Narendra. Another student, Aaron Greenspan, already had a site called TheFacebook.

The story begins when Taylor Brothers and Narendra hired Mark to code a social networking site they were creating. As the weeks dragged on, as the team tried to meet with Mark, he postponed, blaming his busy schedule. Zuckerberg, they claimed, not only stole their idea, he intensionally delayed work on their site so he could launch his first.

Zuckerberg, is crowned by Forbes as the world's youngest billionaire- a dentist's son worth an estimated $1.5 billion!

"If there is going to be another Bill Gates, Mark is as close to anyone." -Harvard's  former president LAWRENCE SUMMER

What you guys think??? Is MARK a nerd??

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