Win XP by Squashing Bugs

Just came across an article in the register discussing a new twist to open source bug hunting. It essentially involves setting up a BugMonks^tm site, where XP gets doled out for spotting and/or fixing bugs. Considering how well (IMHO) the moderation system works here, I was wondering if others think the concept can work in other places. Does it stand a chance of making bug fixes and security audits "sexy"?

-Blake

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Re: Win XP by Squashing Bugs by dws (Chancellor) on Feb 07, 2002 at 19:07 UTC
<aside> Seeing "Win XP" and "Bugs" in the title gave me an entirely different idea about what this thread was going to be about. I thought it was going to say something about helping out Gates with his "month off to fix bugs" strategy at Microsoft. </aside>	[reply]
(cLive ;-) Re: Win XP by Squashing Bugs by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Feb 08, 2002 at 05:38 UTC
You're right, it should be retitled: Win Win^tm XP^tm XP by Squashing Win^tm XP^tm bugs cLive ;-)	[reply]
Re: Win XP by Squashing Bugs by talexb (Chancellor) on Feb 07, 2002 at 17:58 UTC
I'm not sure you can put 'security audit' and 'sexy' in the same sentence .. but I like the idea of XP-based bug hunting. I do know that at Delrina here in Toronto they would hold weekend 'bug hunts' by bringing in all staff and feeding everyone coffee, pop, pizza, wings, while bashing away at the latest version of code. It's a great approach, and shifting that to the Internet, setting up a BugMonks site is a great idea. Bug hunting and code review interests me because I like to figure out what the code is doing and how it's doing it. I'm also interested in code from a stylistic point of view -- if the code is unreadable, I think it's more likely for there to be lurking bugs. --t. alex "Of course, you realize that this means war." -- Bugs Bunny.	[reply]