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Offset Bad Code, With Bad Code Offsets

Posted by timothy on from the don't-blame-me-I-voted-foss dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two weeks ago, The Daily WTF's Alex Papadimoulis announced Bad Code Offsets, a join venture between many big names in the software development community (including StackOverflow's Jeff Atwood and Jon Skeet and SourceGear's Eric Sink). The premise is that you can offset bad code by purchasing Bad Code Offsets (much in the same way a carbon-footprint is offset). The profits are donated to Free Software projects which work to eliminate bad code, such as the Apache Foundation and FreeBSD. The first cheques were sent out earlier today." Hopefully, they work better than carbon offsets, actually.

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  1. Apache & FreeBSD = bad code? by sopssa · · Score: 5, Funny

    which work to eliminate bad code, such as the Apache Foundation and FreeBSD.

    Wow, that's a quite direct attack.

  2. Not realistic by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't really see how Microsoft can afford this...

    1. Re:Not realistic by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Windows ME alone would probably throw them bankrupt.

    2. Re:Not realistic by gregarican · · Score: 4, Funny

      Then Microsoft Bob would put them to the brink of becoming corporate antimatter...

  3. Re:...and now for something entirely unrelated. by SomeJoel · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Hopefully, they work better than carbon offsets, actually."

    Way to ensure this whole thread goes off track, by trolling on an unrelated and politically charged topic. And with an example poorly chosen as proof of anything, at that.

    Don't pay any attention to the last line of the summary. If you ignore it, it will go away.

    ... just like global warming.

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  4. Bad code offsets? by ozbird · · Score: 4, Funny
    You mean like this?

    JMP 0x0BAD

  5. Lutherans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a Catholic, let me tell all you greens and bad coders that letting people buy their way out of their sins just gets stuff nailed to your door. But good luck with it anyway.

  6. Re:...and now for something entirely unrelated. by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really hope Mozilla won't be getting money from this. If anything, they should be contributing...

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  7. Re:Deliberately bad? by jimbobborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you think Microsoft doesn't have any sort of internal code and bug tracking system?

    Sometimes I wonder...

  8. Re:Deliberately bad? by MrNaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wrong. The real reason someone would feel bad for writing bad code is because afterwards they'd have to put up with RMS picketing their offices every morning. I can imagine the boardroom now:
    Director 1: We're making millions from this closed source software, it's the company's greatest success.
    Director 2: Yea, but that scary guy with the beard and the long hair keeps turning up and making my morning miserable.
    Director 1: I know, he's really annoying. All in favor of scuttling our revenue in the interests of making him go away, say "aye".
    Directors 1 - 20: "AYE!"

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