Paul Makepeace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:20:30PM +0000, Chris Ball wrote:
> Ah yes, the classic old "why put expensive clever people on the payroll
> when we can run a competition and for a measly $10K keep *all* the IP
> for *all* the answers?"
I did refer to it as 'the helpoursearchisbrokefixitfixit competition' to
the person who told me of it. They work for Google, and weren't
impressed. :-)
> (US$10K barely buys two weeks of contract work in Silicon Valley)
If you have a job, sure. But many algorithms geeks don't, and this is
something to waste time on and possibly get a resume mention or job
from, at least. I'm vaguely undecided, but I think the competition is
a Good Thing. Maybe.
- Chris.
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