I've been to several hackathons, and I have a hard time relating to the article. The hackathons I've been initiated by some open source communities (sometimes

I've been to several hackathons, and I have a hard time relating to the article. The hackathons I've been initiated by some open source communities (sometimes sponsored by a company, but that company wasn't involved in the topics), and were mostly not about the hacking, but about high-bandwidth communication between folks that usually only converse via bug trackers, IRC and email. There are no prizes. Often no new projects come out, but existing ones are advanced. I get the impression that there are two kinds of hackathons, the commercially motivated, and the community one. IMHO it makes a lot of sense to distinguish those two when talking about hackathons.