Why? Because they couldn't afford to!

[GreyGeek]

Too many bugs!

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mi...ounties-072210

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July 22, 2010, 4:54PM
Microsoft Says No to Paying Bug Bounties
by Dennis Fisher

Microsoft has no plans to follow in the footsteps of Mozilla and Google and pay researchers cash rewards for the bugs that they find in Microsoft's products.

In the wake of both Mozilla and Google significantly increasing their bug bounties to the $3,000 range, there have been persistent rumors in the security community that Microsoft soon would follow suit and start paying bounties as well. However, a company official said on Thursday that Microsoft was not interested in paying bounties.
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[zlow]

Re: Why? Because they couldn't afford to!

Too many bugs!

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mi...ounties-072210

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July 22, 2010, 4:54PM
Microsoft Says No to Paying Bug Bounties
by Dennis Fisher

Microsoft has no plans to follow in the footsteps of Mozilla and Google and pay researchers cash rewards for the bugs that they find in Microsoft's products.

In the wake of both Mozilla and Google significantly increasing their bug bounties to the $3,000 range, there have been persistent rumors in the security community that Microsoft soon would follow suit and start paying bounties as well. However, a company official said on Thursday that Microsoft was not interested in paying bounties.
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Why pay for something when you can have it for free.