Friendster - en godnathistorie

Kammerat Schlelein sendte denne godnathistorie:

"JONATHAN ABRAMS was in a spot. He could take the safe bet and accept the $30 million that Google was offering him for Friendster, the social networking Web start-up he began only a year earlier, in 2002. Saying yes to Google would provide a quick and stunning payout for relatively little work and instantly place the Friendster Web site in front of hundreds of millions of users across the globe.

But at the same time, some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley were lobbying Mr. Abrams, a computer programmer, to reject Google’s offer..."

Følg Abrams' deroute - af de amerikanske medier kaldet a power story - altså en anekdote om magt.