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At least you "felt fuzzy" doing free work for a multi billion dollar company. They didn't even give him proper responses or acknowledge the fix.
by andrewchambers 11y ago
At least you "felt fuzzy" doing free work for a multi billion dollar company. They didn't even give him proper responses or acknowledge the fix.
- kayone 11y agoI'm not sure I understand the logic here, so just because microsoft is a multi billion dollar company people shouldn't be inspecting their code to find security holes? would you say the same thing if the subject was ubuntu/linux?
- andrewchambers 11y agoI just think it is naive to feel good for helping Microsoft, when judging by the way they replied, don't care that much at all, and are profiting from your free work. It's fine to feel good for helping fellow users or yourself though.
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- mynameisvlad 11y agoSomeone always tries to make this comment when a security vulnerability comes up, and it's just as silly every time. If Microsoft asked him to investigate this, then paid him nothing then sure, you can call it "free work". But really, it's just that the author was interested in this one particular thing and decided to investigate it as a hobby and sent his findings in. The company shouldn't be expected to pay for it, or even care about it because they never requested it, and calling it "free work" or trying to imply that a company is in the wrong for not paying him because they're a "multi billion dollar company" is asinine.
- andrewchambers 11y agoI didn't say Microsoft is in the wrong. I think he is naive if he thinks they care or even really appreciate it though. They didn't even give him proper responses.
- Asbostos 11y agoI suspect the fuzzy feeling was more that his discovery seemed to have caused Windows to be changed. Who wouldn't feel some kind of emotion at that?