Tim Wang's eLearning Blog

04/03/05

Get paid by Mozilla by reporting bugs on Firefox

Filed under: New Technology, New Initiatives, Open Source, Open Source Community — timwang @ 07:38:22 pm

Did you know you can get $500 US dollars for every bug you find on Firefox?! The Mozilla Foundation is committed to this promise so seriously that they made a public offer to a German bug hunter $2,500 US dollars for the five vulnerabilities he discovered. This once again reflect the bright future of the open source community. In contrast, the software giant-Microsoft only relies on a team of beta-testers who tests the programs without being rewarded at all other than a price reduction or bonuses for the program they are testing.

I truly believe the current product oriented business model will soon be replaced by service oriented business model in the software industry. This may also help the software providers to fight against the increasing piracy issues.


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