> The defense rests on the experimental data and the similar evidence of Wikipedia and kernel patches. This is where we disagree; I don't think the netflix pri

> The defense rests on the experimental data and the similar evidence of Wikipedia and kernel patches. This is where we disagree; I don't think the netflix prize would have been successful without a monetary reward. I don't have a good argument at the moment, mainly because I don't think anybody has a good argument why Linux and Wikipedia worked. I also think the X-Prize and Darpa challenges are more similar than you think they are, but need some time to think. Thanks for responding intelligently and giving me food for thought. (Also, if you want to follow Pink's argument exactly, you need to claim that success would have come faster not merely as fast had there been no monetary reward.)