<story><title>18F&apos;s Micro-Purchase Experiment: Why I Bid $1</title><url>http://www.brendansudol.com/writing/18f-micropurchase/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>femto113</author><text>I think if there&amp;#x27;s any lesson to be taken from this it&amp;#x27;s that presenting bounded, well-described (and thus easily undertaken) sub-projects is probably more effective than simply inviting developers to &amp;quot;help out&amp;quot; in some non-specific manner on a larger open-source efforts.</text></comment>
<story><title>18F&apos;s Micro-Purchase Experiment: Why I Bid $1</title><url>http://www.brendansudol.com/writing/18f-micropurchase/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>OJFord</author><text>This is a great outcome for that story. I must admit, I did too assume it was trolling behaviour when I saw the bidding on HN.&lt;p&gt;He wanted to do the work, he got what he wanted, and the US Government got the job done for just $1!&lt;p&gt;Not sure how anyone can see this but a victory for the US public.&lt;p&gt;18F is, I think, a fantastic initiative; I hope HM Government takes note - could be fantastic here in the UK too.</text></comment>