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Re: PAY-OFF TIME FOR BUG-BUSTERS, NETSCAPE PLEDGES "DOGFIGHT"
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- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 07:57:09 -0800
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On 18 Dec 1995, Ian Goldberg wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Michael Coates wrote:
> >
> >> PAY-OFF TIME FOR BUG-BUSTERS, NETSCAPE PLEDGES "DOGFIGHT"
> >> Netscape Communications has awarded two software sleuths $1,000 each
> >> for finding security gaps in its Netscape Navigator 2.0 software. The
> >> company also awarded gifts to 50 other contestants in its "Bugs Bounty"
> >> program for identifying non-security problems. (Wall Street Journal
> >> 11 Dec 95 B7)
> >
> >Can anyone tell me whether Ian Goldberg and David Wagner got their $25,000
> >from Netscape for finding the HUGE security flaws in Netscape's existing
> >product line??
> >
> >I can't remember whether they got anything or not ...
>
> That would be no (well, except for the nifty T-shirt from Sameer; Thanks!).
Not anything?? That's shameful ... where on earth are the values in
America, today?
AT&T and Netscape have jointly made a small fortune distributing this
product, and yet NEITHER company feels that the software engineers who
"voluntarily" made a difference -- a couple of students -- deserve
even a wooden nickel for the ideas which were used.
It's absolutely shameful. But then, I guess that AT&T and Netscape
have no shame at all.
They just steal "intellectual property" from students, and don't even
pay a token amount.
And people wonder what's wrong with Aemrica?
> - Ian "There's a reason people talk about `starving grad students'..."
>