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To: mxyztplk who wrote (10289)	6/13/1997 4:15:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	of 24154

<http://www.sjmercury.com/business/netscape061297.htm> I wonder.... They call it blackmail, but if the "Dane" requests what is analogous to his hourly consulting rate, would he be in the wrong? If he is in a for-profit business, and it took him 100 hours to discover the bug, assuming he charges $100/hour for his time, it may be appropriate for him to request ~$10,000 (or more, he may be able to tack on a hefty premium). The world is not NSCP's private beta tester. Why should he consult for free? Would NSCP give him $10,000 of free consulting time for a $1,000? Would you call it blackmail if they refused to do such? And then there is the moral issue. I know I may get flamed for this, but Sun actually paid a similar outfit to test and publicize a MSFT IE security bug, remember. Then there is the moral issue. If NSCP does not want to do business with him, should he let this potentially dangerous bug go unnoticed, or should he notify the world (sans his comuslting results)? The Devil's Advocate signing off......

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