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CA's $1mn Open-Source Bounty Results

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. more work to do by necrognome · · Score: 0, Redundant

    from tfa:

    "Are Indian's the smartest software programmers? It sure seems so!"

    Work on the punctuation and get back to us... :)

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    Let's get drunk and delete production data!
  2. WTF is "$1mn"? by WhyCantIBeYou · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How about "$1M" or "1 million dollars"?