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Apple Gifts Top WebKit Contributors with MacBooks

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the one-good-turn dept.

soundofthemoon writes "Just nine months ago, Apple started the WebKit Open Source Project. In that time, contributors have added some significant improvements to WebKit (and thus Apple's Safari browser). Today Apple gave their open source contributors a big thank-you, including rewarding the top contributors with some nifty goodies: 'As a thank you, we are giving MacBook Pro computers to twelve of our top contributors. We've also invited five of them to attend Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference 2006 on Apple's dime.' Looks like donating your time isn't a thankless job anymore."

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  1. Re:Good for Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative
    I see they've found a way to unload all those pre-Intel Macs sitting in their warehouse.
    As a thank you, we are giving MacBook Pro computers to twelve of our top contributors.
    They are giving them intel versions.
  2. Apple has done this before by sagefire.org · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple has supported GIMP-print this way for a while now. Granted, they weren't giving them laptops. But, people working on GIMP-print got iMacs and were given special discounts on buying other macs for personal use.

    It's a great model. Hopefully, they will continue to do it for years to come.

  3. Not quite the same by necro2607 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, it's not quite the same thing. These developers were rewards *after* doing a lot of work. They did the work without any knowledge of any potential "reward". That's what makes this situation a little different. :)