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netflix developer contest - million dollar prize

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:43 pm
by Luke
Anybody want to make a million bucks? I thought maybe somebody might be interested in this... maybe not.
MSNBC wrote:Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. wants recommendations on how to improve its movie recommendation system, and is dangling a $1 million reward as an incentive.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:43 pm
by feyd
old news. :P

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:46 pm
by Luke
:oops: oh... I just read about it in a magazine on the pooper.. so I dug it up on the net. Sorry.

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:48 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I was reading about that in information week the other day. They have like 600 entrants already, and one team already improved Netflix's software by 1% in the first week. This contest is running for like five years, so I am not sure I'd be that interested.

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:14 am
by Jenk
5 years? blimey.. so that's $200,000 a year and some of the entrants are likely to be multiple staff. Unless someone comes up with a very impressive fluke, it's not as rewarding as it first sounds, and risky.