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The problem is that the judges didn't have time to do a background check on all the submissions. After all, UPSHOT only came under scrutiny after they had alrea
by Xeroday 13y ago
The problem is that the judges didn't have time to do a background check on all the submissions. After all, UPSHOT only came under scrutiny after they had already won.
- veemjeem 13y agoBackground check? They don't need to do background checks on a coworker. I'm sure the judges knew exactly which team members worked at Salesforce. One of the team members worked at Salesforce for 9 years, which is probably a longer tenure than all the judges combined.
- jasondemeuse 13y agoI don't think he meant background checks on the people, rather on the project itself. The biggest issue with the submission wasn't the fact that there was an ex-employee, but that the project itself (Upshot) was demoed at a meetup a month ago. If they would have done their homework they would have known that Upshot was an old project and obviously not created for, or at, the hackathon.