Everyone seems to be pointing in the article to the Netflix prize, but hey, don't take my phrase word for word. That's actually an exception that confirms the rule...
What I meant is that spec work in design is being tolerated by both companies and designers more than any other field...
>don't take my phrase word for word
Say what you mean.
My message is clear. You are free to disagree, just don't feel the need to bring down my piece sentence by sentence...
Netflix isn't an exception anymore. Look at http://www.kaggle.com/, the Android App contest, Windows Mobile 7 app contest, etc.