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CA's $1mn Open-Source Bounty Results

Posted by timothy on from the cash-nearly-in-hand dept.

Anil Kandangath writes "Last year, Computer Associates open sourced their Ingres DMBS and they also announced a $1mn bounty for open source conversion toolkits from other databases to Ingres. Well, the toolkits are up on SourceForge and the bounty has been won by three teams, two from India and one from New York. More details and links to the projects on the CA news page. This is one of the greatest bounties for open source software and will hopefully serve as a model for other companies taking this path of cheaper development and better code."

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  1. There's an idea by The+Bungi · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Sit around and wait for a Fortune 500 company to issue a $1M bounty
    2. Try to code a solution and hope you actually win (was: ???)
    3. Profit!!
    I think I'm going to quit my day job now. This looks like a great business model, not to mention an excellent way to pay the mortgage.
  2. One milli-nano dollar? by Bingo+Foo · · Score: 4, Funny

    What kind of bounty is $1mn?

    $1 x (10^-3) x (10^-9) = $1 x 10^-12.

    No thanks.

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    1. Re:One milli-nano dollar? by infinityxi · · Score: 2, Funny

      So exactly what part of 0.000000000001 states we have owe them money? ;-)

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  3. Bad news for two of the guys... by Loco3KGT · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two of those contestants worked for Oracle... ...and released a tool to ease migration from Oracle to CA's database.

    Boy I hope Oracle doesn't hear about this.

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  4. Ingres DMBS? by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Data Mace Banishment System?

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  5. Re:$1mn? by winkydink · · Score: 4, Funny

    One milli-nut. The amount of testicular fortitude shown by Anonymous Cowards on Slashdot.

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