Comments on: SpecOps launches $10,000 Challenge

By: wrencelot

wrencelot — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:45:59 +0000

Criteria to Award and Conditions:

1. System has no proprietary software imbedded / required. – (nodding) uhuh..
2. System is stable. – (nodding) good..
3. MS-XP compatible modules / functions are working as expected. – (nodding) hmmm..
4. System becomes the property of SpecOpS Laboratories. – $10,000 my ass!!! i can sell it at 1000x more at ebay!

By: yuga

yuga — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:52:15 +0000

Inq7.net ran a news article for this just now: http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=51315

By: tuna3000

tuna3000 — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 07:45:25 +0000

1. System has no proprietary software imbedded / required. -nice
2. System is stable. -a must
3. MS-XP compatible modules / functions are working as expected. -that too
4. System becomes the property of SpecOpS Laboratories. – damn you! based on WINE – thats OPEN SOURCE – better look at BSD if u want that kind of result

By: Clair

Clair — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:12:21 +0000

I got a comment from an Alan Grove about the guy who started SpecOps is an honest man. You could read the comment here: http://clair.free.net.ph/149

Personally, it’s the Project that is dubious. 15 days is too quick…

Hmmm. On the assumption that everything’s being honestly done by SpecOps Labs, somebody is sure messing up their PR.

By: markku

markku — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:55:19 +0000

Nothing they say makes sense. I guess they should be on the vaporware hall of shame, if there ever is one.

By: nox

nox — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:46:47 +0000

there was a guy on the recently concluded linux world event who was making some rounds and asking participants if they want to join project david. he was a bit weird however and seems to talk a bit funny. i have no idea if he was serious/legit or not. bummer… i forgot to get his name.

me thinks, this 15 days $10k challenge is mainly aimed to stir some controversy. else this project is bound to gradually fade away.

By: Kates

Kates — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:28:39 +0000

They are joking, right? 15 days? It will take more than 15 days for a serious developer to code even just a notepad.

By: Jerome Gotangco

Jerome Gotangco — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:56:35 +0000

…a solution that will allow an MS-XP compatible application to install and run under Linux using x.org and open source WINE by October 5, 2005.

1. System has no proprietary software imbedded / required.
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4. System becomes the property of SpecOpS Laboratories.

wow what a bunch of crooks…