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This is all very interesting. Chase is planning on covering the money to my knowledge, however, I'm more curious how it happened.

It's a general statement. I'm not interested in the fine details of the lawsuit. The point is that the ones who launched win. Period.

Chrome is crashing over here too.

I back everything up with facts amigo. They shorted it $2.4B. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/05/21/morgan-stan...

Let's not use the word stupid. I live and work in this ecosystem. If you saw what I saw you would agree.

Spot on.

Well said. You're exactly right. I didn't cover it, but the larger concern I have here is that this misguided approach could lead to distrust from wall street of any tech IPO's tha…

The root of my argument though is that as Silicon Valley know-it-alls we assumed the world would gawk in awe of our amazing creation and throw money at us, which it did not. It's a…

Yes, typically you have a negotiated rate, such as 5%, 10%, whatever. You're right I saw the s-1, but even then they still lost a lot, and the employees got screwed.

Fair, but the only problem I see with your reasoning is stock grants were being issued as far back as 18 months ago at $25/share, which means that those employees DID lose money.

Interesting assessment. I live in Silicon Valley, I don't own a share of FB, I do trade frequently. Like you, I made an assessment. My frusteration comes mostly from reading on tec…

With all due respect, I completely disagree. If you understand the fundamentals of an IPO, as I explained below you would know that there is a 180 day lock-up period for employees,…

Logical explanation, however the point of an IPO is not just liquidity in for your employees, but also to raise money for the company, and allow the public to buy in. If you don't …

Nice!

Thanks Azat!