Prive leven Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) ligt op straat

Het hele artikel is interessant om te lezen. Enkele hoogtepunten in het leven van Zuckerberg zijn lopende rechtzaken tegen hem, en zijn bedrijf: The media have mostly glossed over ConnectU Inc. versus Facebook Inc., now unfolding in a Boston courthouse. Most articles depict the case as either a cash grab or a blip on Facebooks march to global domination. But interviews with people familiar with the lawsuit, and a close examination of court records, suggest that, at the least, the case raises troubling questions about the ethics of this new billionaire. The plaintiffs are three Harvard grads: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, twin rowers currently training for the Beijing Olympics, and Divya Narendra, who since graduation has worked in finance in New York and Boston. In 2002, the three friends dreamed up an online social network called Harvard Connection (subsequently renamed ConnectU), later asking Zuckerberg to finish programming it. Instead of fulfilling his end of the bargain, the plaintiffs say, Zuckerberg stole their ideas and source code to build his own competing social network. “We got royally screwed,” Narendra says in a deposition.

Maar er is meer dan alleen de rechtzaak, zo meldt Valleywag: Did you know that Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin and Zuckerberg sparred over money, and Saverin is suing Zuckerberg for squeezing him out of the company? Or that fellow Harvard alums Sanjay Mavinkurve, Joe Jackson, and Victor Gao also did programming for ConnectU—and thereby might have a claim to the title of wannabe Facebook founders? Aaron Greenspan, whose HouseSystem social network may have inspired Zuckerberg, also plays a role.

Nu is het zo dat succes altijd mensen aantrekt, en niet altijd met de juiste bedoelingen. Het is daarom moeilijk om vast te stellen welke rol Zuckerberg hier speelt. Heeft hij verkeerd gehandeld, of zijn de mensen die hem aanklagen alleen jaloers op het (financiele) succes van de Harvard dropout?

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