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  27 <h1>Bug Bounties: Lessions Learned</h1>
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  31   <li>I did a personal bug bounty program in 2007, pledging 2700 USD for work
  32     on <a href="http://www.kairo.at/bugbounty/2007/">7 SeaMonkey bugs</a></li>
  33   <li>4 <span class="hilite">top-paid items stay unfixed</span> after half a year, 3 simpler items done</li>
  34   <li>Nice to get some money to help doing needed work</li>
  35   <li>No substantial speeding up of high-bounty tasks</li>
  36   <li>Mainly <span class="hilite">experienced developers</span> picking up tasks</li>
  37   <li>Some feel <span class="hilite">uncomfortable</span> with selective payment of volunteers</li>
  38   <li>Money is nice, but <span class="hilite">not the driving force</span> for getting stuff done</li>
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