Does Microsoft Need Bug Bounties?

Gunkerty Jeb writes "The threats and attacks may have changed in the last decade, but one thing has remained constant: software giant Microsoft doesn't pay for vulnerabilities. Never has. Never will. Even as rivals like Mozilla and Google have introduced bug bounty program, the Redmond giant has stuck doggedly with a position it articulated almost a decade ago, refusing to offer monetary rewards for information on software holes. But security experts say that position may have to change."

They'd be gone in a week

[SheeEttin]

Are you kidding? If Microsoft paid for every bug in Windows, they'd be bankrupt in a week!

MS bug-submission form

[davidwr]

Microsoft Bug Submission Form [slashdot.org]