Wil Shipley: Wanted Bugs. $100. Cash money.

sidsavara · on Oct 17, 2008

LOL. Much smarter than the story I read of paying a bounty for bugs to the same people who create them.

Mozilla does this too http://www.mozilla.org/security/bug-bounty-faq.html

bootload · on Oct 17, 2008

"... Much smarter than the story I read of paying a bounty for bugs to the same people who create them ..."

I was thinking it was smarter than your average (bear) because it might entice users or new users by dangling cash in a recession climate to speed up the beta bug-hunt. Hacking users?

zandorg · on Oct 17, 2008

I think sidsavara meant people will invent bugs and then claim rewards for fixing them.

bootload · on Oct 17, 2008

"... I think sidsavara meant people will invent bugs and then claim rewards for fixing them ..."

I got that bit. I just think the delicious use is a better version of this as the results are harder to fake.

tptacek · on Oct 17, 2008

Mozilla only does it for browser security bugs, which are a much bigger deal than the bugs Wil is paying $100 for.

spolsky · on Oct 17, 2008

Dilbert: http://joeindie.com/blog/?p=50

tjmc · on Oct 17, 2008

I've been wondering why software companies don't do this for years. Hope it works!

shabda · on Oct 17, 2008

Isn't this essentially(or exactly) spec work?

http://www.no-spec.com/

cdr · on Oct 17, 2008

Nope. NO!SPEC is concerned only with design spec work, which should be blindingly obvious if you have ever read their page.

shabda · on Oct 20, 2008

Which does not mean that Spec work is a reasonable way to work in software development.

AlexeyMK · on Oct 17, 2008

http://utest.com