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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. Team India !~ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    2 of the top 3 teams are from india, and the third entry from NY is an Indian guy.
    Changing trends.

  3. 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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  4. Surprise surprise by interlingua.ro · · Score: 5, Informative
    Contest rules:
    the contest is intended for presentation in the united states, canada (except quebec province), mexico, india, china, the united kingdom, australia and new zealand. do not proceed within this site if you are not a resident of one of these countries.
    (the lameness filter is lame)
    No wonder the winners are from India.
  5. 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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