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Wil Shipley: Wanted Bugs. $100. Cash money.

• sidsavara 18y ago
  LOL. Much smarter than the story I read of paying a bounty for bugs to the same people who create them. Mozilla does this too http://www.mozilla.org/security/bug-bounty-faq.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/bug-bounty-faq.html
  • bootload 18y ago
    "... Much smarter than the story I read of paying a bounty for bugs to the same people who create them ..." I was thinking it was smarter than your average (bear) because it might entice users or new users by dangling cash in a recession climate to speed up the beta bug-hunt. Hacking users?
    • zandorg 18y ago
      I think sidsavara meant people will invent bugs and then claim rewards for fixing them.
      • bootload 18y ago
        "... I think sidsavara meant people will invent bugs and then claim rewards for fixing them ..." I got that bit. I just think the delicious use is a better version of this as the results are harder to fake.
  • tptacek 18y ago
    Mozilla only does it for browser security bugs, which are a much bigger deal than the bugs Wil is paying $100 for.
• tjmc 18y ago
  I've been wondering why software companies don't do this for years. Hope it works!
• spolsky 18y ago
  Dilbert: http://joeindie.com/blog/?p=50 http://joeindie.com/blog/?p=50
• shabda 18y ago
  Isn't this essentially(or exactly) spec work? http://www.no-spec.com/ http://www.no-spec.com/
  • cdr 18y ago
    Nope. NO!SPEC is concerned only with design spec work, which should be blindingly obvious if you have ever read their page.
    • shabda 18y ago
      Which does not mean that Spec work is a reasonable way to work in software development.
• AlexeyMK 18y ago
  http://utest.com http://utest.com