Notch never offered them the choice.
I'm not trying to hate on Notch, just observing that even a small % of equity would have been enough to cover his employees.
From his feed: "like three people thanked me for the two million kronor after tax bonus i gave from my own private money. Others said I was cheap." Per Google, the exchange rate for Swedish Kronor to US Dollars is 0.12,…
Notch never offered them the choice.
I'm not trying to hate on Notch, just observing that even a small % of equity would have been enough to cover his employees.
From his feed: "like three people thanked me for the two million kronor after tax bonus i gave from my own private money. Others said I was cheap." Per Google, the exchange rate for Swedish Kronor to US Dollars is 0.12,…