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OSS Projects Offer Bounties For Features

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the headhunting-with-a-keyboard dept.

jtowndot writes "The market for open source developers seems to be heating up. Asterisk, Gnome, Horde, and Mozilla all have bounties for desired features. Recently, Lime Wire updated its wish list to include bounties on open source development work! Similarly, i2p also released a bounty list. Is it time to consider quitting my day job to do open source development full time?"

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  1. WANTED: Dead or Alive by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is it just me or does "Bounty" evoke ideas of something else entirely?

    "We got the Feature. He's holed up over on the South side of the partition. Better bring your compiler."

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    1. Re:WANTED: Dead or Alive by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is it just me or does "Bounty" evoke ideas of something else entirely?

      The quicker picker-upper? Captain Bligh?

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    2. Re:WANTED: Dead or Alive by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Funny

      Darth Vader: You may take Limewire to Jabber for chat after I have Skywalker.
      Boba Fett: He's no good to me non complient.
      Darth Vader: He will not be permanently proprietery.

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    3. Re:WANTED: Dead or Alive by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny
      Is it just me or does "Bounty" evoke ideas of something else entirely?

      The CEO in a row boat.

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    4. Re:WANTED: Dead or Alive by BannedfrompostingAC · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually "Bounty" makes me think of a horrible-tasting coconut-filled chocolate bar.

    5. Re:WANTED: Dead or Alive by krunk4ever · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dead or Alive? I think the word you're thinking of is Bouncy and not Bounty.

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  2. Wanted Poster by Dante+Shamest · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wanted Dead Or Alive

    Fugitive Name: Clippy

    Bounty: $10,000

    Details: For causing the Great Depression.
    The Great Depression was a period of er, depression, among PC users. Clippy was known to smirk and annoy users who required genuine help. Many of the victims suffered brain damage and voted for George W. Bush. Clippy is known to travel naked and was last seen on Microsoft Windows (see Bill Gates wanted poster).

  3. Slut!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    $150 buys 1 hour of my time! It's low skilled whores like yourself that screw up the market for real professionals.

  4. Some times you feel like a nut... by Ann+Elk · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...some times you don't.

    For those of you who don't get this, it's a reference to an old TV commercial for Bounty/Mounds chocolate candy.

  5. to answer your question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Is it time to consider quitting my day job to do open source development full time?"

    One word.....YES!

    On a totally unrelated note, could you please provide me with the contact info for your company's hiring manager?

  6. Re:Not going to quit mine by duerra · · Score: 5, Funny
    What is needed is a bounty system that users could pay into easily so the bounty could grow over time.

    I'll give you $50 to do that.

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  7. Re:I hope they coordinate the work. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Consistency between and within Office applications is very poor. Each feature seems to have its own UI logic, limitations, behaviors.

    As opposed to Open Source, where consistency between applications is very poor and each feature seems to have its own UI logic, limitations and behavior.

  8. ObFamilyGuy by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    The quicker picker-upper?

    I just dumped this cup of warm yellow liquid on the counter...

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