[41464] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape rewards are an insult
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca)
Sat Oct 14 11:07:06 1995
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 11:03:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca
Reply-To: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca
To: "Dr. Frederick B. Cohen" <fc@all.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9510141153.AA16412@all.net>
On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Dr. Frederick B. Cohen wrote:
> I have a better idea. How about an open market in break-in
> software. We crack Netscape and offer the crack code to the highest
> bidder. Bids start at US$25K per hole. For the insult, Netscape has to
> outbid the competition by a factor of 2 to get the details of the hole.
> Here's how it works:
>
Funny that you mention it, the other mailing list (or rather set of lists)
I'm on is devoted to a just such market system. The Idea Futures home page
is at http://if.arc.ab.ca/~jamesm/IF/IF.shtml. You'll find a few familiar
faces.
