They say that functional (and by all accounts fantastic) code was delivered for the winning $1 bid, and then they claim that the experiment was a success. But was it really? Is a $1 winning bid in the spirit of this? Couldn't someone who just wants to pad their resume submit $1 bids for everything, thereby "winning" 100% of the time and depriving of actual income these legitimate businesses who might count on these contracts for survival?
I'm not making a judgment either way, but allowing a $1 bid seems... strange. Are there other considerations that go into the "success" of the platform, or success merely defined by the delivery of functional code for the price of the winning bid?
I'm not making a judgment either way, but allowing a $1 bid seems... strange. Are there other considerations that go into the "success" of the platform, or success merely defined by the delivery of functional code for the price of the winning bid?