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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. Cheaper, definitely. by shmlco · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...serve as a model for other companies taking this path of cheaper development and better code.

    Cheaper, definitely. Whether or not a team scrambling to meet a bounty deadline results in better code is open to debate.

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  2. Re:Universities? by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know what would also be cool? If they took your tuition money to Atlantic City and plunked it all down on red 36.

    You don't know what you're going to get when you issue a bounty like this. It's a gamble. A good contract has obligations spelled out for both parties.

    For every bungled deployment, there are dozens even hundreds that go smoothly. People just don't hop online and bitch when things work right.

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