Salesforce hackathon comes under attack from devs

This article doesn't mention the allegation that the judges didn't even look at some of the other applicants: http://salesforce1million.challengepost.com/forum_topics/264...

Re: Salesforce hackathon comes under attack from devs

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Post by danso » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 12:26 AM UTC

The best defense for Salesforce, in light of the circumstances, is to argue that if they had really intended to scam everyone, would they be this dumb about it?

Re: Salesforce hackathon comes under attack from devs

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Post by sek » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 12:30 AM UTC

This is a general problem for hackathons, the idea of limiting something like development is impossible.

Even if you don't code, you could plan the whole concept, user your super familiar framework and there is a huge difference to the "spirit" of just developing the concept on the spot.

I don't want to say I dislike hackathons in general, but not for huge prices. Just meeting interesting people and trying to build something together is the really valuable part.

Re: Salesforce hackathon comes under attack from devs

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Post by leeoniya » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 12:33 AM UTC

the article is stuffed with salesforce.com backlinks, including a nice salesforce profile at the bottom.

any publicity is good publicity.

Re: Salesforce hackathon comes under attack from devs

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Post by dirkdk » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 12:35 AM UTC

hackathons should go back to what they used to be: great events to try out new technology, and meet up with fellow engineers while having fun

Re: Salesforce hackathon comes under attack from devs

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Post by codeoclock » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 12:47 AM UTC

If developers are incentives by the possibility of winning $1m, they would start working months in advance. That's why it's not ok to offer $1m as a hackathon prize, as it's not in the spirit of hacking.

Re: Salesforce hackathon comes under attack from devs

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Post by minimaxir » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 12:50 AM UTC

codeoclock wrote: post #9

If developers are incentives by the possibility of winning $1m, they would start working months in advance. That's why it's not ok to offer $1m as a hackathon prize, as it's not in the spirit of hacking.

The prospect of a $1M prize wasn't announced until Oct 25th: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/10/25/salesforce-offering...