SUMMARY
Divya, Tyler and Cameron had just found out Mark created thefacebook febraury 9, 2004 and they were not happy about it. They felt like he was leading them on and then slapped them in the face especially after they found out Eduardo had been funding the website. They felt the only reason Mark asked Eduardo was because he knew he had stolen their idea and didn't want to face it. The three seniors sent Mark a cease and desist letter which Mark countered with a letter of his own by the advice of a pre-law friend. The twins were very upset by this and sought advise from many people until they got to talk to the President of Harvard. He basically told them there is nothing he will do because its not his concern. In California, Sean Parker, the co-creator of Napster was looking for the next big thing to attach his name to and that's when he found thefacebook and had to have a meeting with Mark.
QUOTE
"To Tyler Winklevoss --whether wrong or right--that damn kid had stolen his idea and made it his own. And if Harvard had its way, Mark Zuckerberg was going to get away with it" (Mezrich 131).
REACTION
This quote was taken after the twins had their very unsuccessful meeting with the president of Harvard. For me, if I was in this situation as the twins I would be upset to because the trusted Mark to help with the coding of their website but instead he did his own thing. I'm not saying that Mark stole their idea because I don't think he did, but what he should have done is finish the programming for them, then started thefacebook. Also, it seems like Sean Parker just wants to be part of the next big thing and if I was Mark again, I would have steered clear. Eduardo was right to have his doubts, both times Sean tried to make the next best site something happened were he was kicked out of the production. Sound suspicious to me.
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