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Linux Community Halloween Challenge
LuMinoR writes "In a cool contest with a Halloween theme, BitDefender is inviting Linux enthusiasts to crash test their upcoming antivirus solution for Linux e-mail servers. The most thorough beta tester will receive 1,000 German beers and a trip to BitDefender's corporate headquarters in Romania, where they will attend meetings with Count Dracula, the BitDefender development team and other local luminaries."
And slashdot still hasn't posted the story. Getting lamer every day.
Though, the chance to meet Count Dracula though....
I'd love to know what 'The most thorough beta tester' means... lol
"He loved our software so we bought him beer..."
dang!
AKA a nazi fanatic loser.
....
...etc.
1. You rejuvenate and dance when you hear a windows flaw exposed, but you conveniently ignore the thousands of security flaws exposed in linux.
2. You yell loudly TROLL! at any person's post or at any person you see posting facts that you do not want to hear about your oh so cool linux.
3. You know it's a classic case of penis envy, you don't have all the support, software and hardware available for linux and you have to let that anger out somewhere, but you don't have the brains to admit it.
4. You hate windows, hate Microsoft, but race to emulate windows, have programs to run office from within linux, and spend a $300 on a Windows emulator, only Windows fools.
5. You cannot admit that you don't have professional usage of Linux outside server markets.
6. You cannot admit that most of the joe user out there when told that there is linux will respond, what is that?
7. You cannot admit that there is no professional printing capabilities in linux.
8. You cannot admit that you are a masochist (otherwise why would someone spend hours playing with scripts,
and recompiling programs that are available for Windows?)
9. You cannot admit that there is no professional desktop publishing done on Linux.
10. You cannot admit that no one in their right mind would do professional video editing in Linux.
11. You cannot admit that linux sucks when it comes for gaming/home entertainment or education.
12. You have problems in understanding Windows, and you will blame your own incompetence on Microsoft.
13. You have problems in pointing a clicking, but have no problems in wading through cryptic scripts written by lunatics.
14. Nothing will get past that shit that fills your head, you will not admit to any facts.
15. You can't admit that naming of linux components, packages, and others are weird and fits profiles of troubled teenagers. gentoo, lgx, rpm
16. You feel angered because you were left out by microsoft's Media technologies, they support Mac, Sun sparc, but not linux.
17. You feel inferior deep inside but unable to admit it, you don't have a database as easy and powerful as Access.
18. You cannot tell that not a single office package outside Microsoft's is worth looking at or bothering with.
19. You don't know that your CD recorder software sucks.
20. You don't have DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW support in your pathetic OS.
21. While the rest of the world moves on, you're stuck in a stone age technology that needs third party software to boot into GUI.
22. You act out of prejudice, you kill file domains and users of specific news readers while you ignore the bullshit that your fellow linux losers post.
23. You don't know commercial support in Linux is almost non existent.
24. You miss the fact that companies are leaving linux because of the chaos, and the cheap linux losers who are unwilling to pay and support hard work, Corel, gaming companies,...etc.
25. You are unaware that linux has no terminal services (there is a lame one that no one uses), and commercial support for it is not happening.
26. You are unaware that setting up servers on Windows takes couple of minutes while on linux, good luck playing with configuration scripts.
27. You cannot admit that support for USB on linux is laughable at best.
28. You think that Linux is better because slashdot told you so.
29. You spend countless hours flaming people because they post their opinions about your oh so cool linux and your attitude, instead of researching things for yourself and understanding fact in order not to look this stupid.
30. You think that anyone who uses linux has a clue.
31. You think that linux cannot crash.
32. You think that everyone is interested in your conspiracy theories about Microsoft (or should i say M$ in order for you, teenagers to understand?), and how they destroyed linux,
33. You keep ignoring the fact that thousands of linux servers get hacked every year, but it takes one Windows server hacked to get you and your fellow linux idiots to dance and celebrate.
So there's only one country after all? I always knew my geo profs were lying!
The OP could have immpressed us more by calling it a "robust computer security solution stack". What's with the increasing use of corporate-speak in Slashdot articles and posts?
yet you care about what we think enough to post this?
I want to see the first reports of how well these guys do.
:D
Someone please post the appropriate link when it becomes available!
Thanks.
Oh and.... the golden combo of Ubuntu running Fluxbox would kickass running that app.
Although I would kill to see a FreeBSD version.
Have a good life, earth.
As a beautiful and large breasted female with a penchant for revealing bodices I really dont think its a good idea for me to meet Count Dracula, so I pass.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Of course, in a post complaining about English, I misspelled a word.
It's Sunday morning. I'm tired. I still have to put on some face lubrication solution and use a beard removal solution (part of the facial grooming suite) and head to a lecture at an Ashkenazi Hebrew Religious Solution Center. Meanwhile, others will be on their way to a personal salvation solution center, where they will likely sing from a robust suite of hymns. Unless they're Missouri Synod Lutherans, where they'll have low-frequency dirge solutions.
I think that I'd prefer to have The Count from Sesame St. with me counting those beers. And how big are those beers? 1ml, 500ml or 5l?
ud have noticed that
through extrapolation....one can assume that "most prolific" equates to "finds the most bugs"
there is also another contest going on, gleichzeitig, that rewards the person who discovers the most original way to crash the application.
These contests are stupid. It's just a way for companies to get cheap labor and free advertising. Many people test, one arbitrary person gets paid (and not even paid cash). Game companies love doing this. The company will make millions and one lucky bastard gets some door prizes. Gee, thanks.
Of course if you seek fame and have nothing better to do then more power to you.
Anyone worth their salt isn't going to bother with silly stuff like this so the end product usually isn't top notch quality. In other words, any testing they get out of this will be realtively poor quality. It would be cheaper and produce better results to just farm the work out to India for $2/hr. That is if it weren't for the free advertising.
Ugh... So gimmicky.
Just give me the $8k for two weeks testing and I guarantee that I will find so many problems that you'll be busy for months.
... I do all the work and someone else gets paid... right. I imagine everyone else with actual skill is thinking the same thing.
Otherwise, why would I bother participating in this just for the possibility of being paid?
The ratio of people to cake is too big
Free ... free as in beta testers.
They offer beer, they offer a trip to Romania... and now they have a free advert on Slashdot and free labour to test their program. And Slashdot editors, among others, fell for it...
The winning formula:
1. Set up a contest
2. Make the reward intersting
PRIZE = Get free ads
3. Invite just the 'talented' few
4. Users test program
5. Hacks found and fixed
PRICE = Profit!
My Linux - (L)ove (I)s (N)ever (U)tterly eXPensive
Shouldn't that be: "The most thorough beta taster will receive 1,000 German beers" HIC!
I only wonder what beer they are referring to.
Germany has both the best and the worst beers I ever tasted.
U.S. citizens: get Beck's, not Warsteiner... (or just as good, get Wisconsin beers, like Liney's or New Glarus)
I mean... you don't have to drink them all on your trip, do you?
http://www.coderoshi.com/
I think this is a better halloween challenge: the Pumpkin PC
look how awesome the fans look in the eyes and system just overall is top notch.
Your ignorance is infinitely greater than you realize.
You insensitive infidel !
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
on similar things. He basically says (and I agree), that inviting random people to attack (or beta test in this case) your software is not guarenteed to get the best result. I can't find the link though.
I wank in the shower.
Count Chocula is a lying son of a bitch;
my cereal most certainly does NOT scratch the roof of your mouth!
-Captain Crunch