Get Paid to Solve Open Source Software Problems

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Get Paid to Solve Open Source Software Problems

nixcraft

Mon Dec 04 15:34:32 -0800 2006

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Getting help on issues related to open source projects isn't always like walking a straight line. Sure there are bug reports, mailing lists and discussion forums, but the challenge of actually getting specific local issues addressed is not a sure thing. As a thank you for your time, Open Logic Expert Community members can earn points redeemable for cash or rewards through the OpenLogic Rewards program.

That's the gap that OpenLogic is attempting to fill with its Expert Community program. OpenLogic is an open source stack vendor that provides certified open source solutions and support for a collection of over 160 projects. You can join program here

Get Paid to Solve Open Source Software Problems

danielwebb

Mon Dec 04 18:06:49 -0800 2006
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This might be a good opportunity for developers in the third world, but I have a hard time believing it will interest that many professionals in the first world. Can me a cynic, but when I see a company website that looks like it was designed by and for the suits say "we'll pay you, you know, some money and stuff", then they're trying to get you to work as cheap as possible. Someone who is actually involved with them and has been paid a decent rate please correct me if I'm wrong.

Get Paid? Take Bribes! to Solve Open Source Software Problems

Mathinker

Mon Dec 04 23:31:07 -0800 2006
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If you read the linked article and look at the sign-up page, you immediately realize (or at least suspect) that this company's business model is "open-source lobbying" : they are only interested in attracting major insiders in major open-source projects so that they can offer, for a fee, the service of anonymously and tracelessly bribing those insiders into preferentially fixing specific bugs or adding specific features to those open-source projects.

My first reaction was "uggh!". OTOH, if said lobbying/bribes will cause any open-source project to flounder, there's always the "fork you" solution, and the inflow of money can't be bad, I suppose? And some of the resulting code has to be useful.

Of course, in the view from the wake of Novell/MS, it could just be a front for people trying to infect open-source with patent-infested IP.