I don't know about everyone else, but a T-shirt seems a very small reward for uncovering a "hole" in the encryption algorithm of Microsoft products.
I don't know about anyone else, but helping to protect the confidential data of millions of users around the world seems a very large reward for uncovering a hole in the encryption algorithms of M$ products.
My reward would be the satisfaction of showing M$ code to be the substandard, elitist, money grubbing and dictatorial junk it is. The size of their payroll should not be the reason they want to be able to dictate what programs Joe Deskset runs on the internet. I can see the progression where their CC transportation software is coupled with a Registration Wizard to automatically purchase any software on your HD that they have no record of you purchasing... "just in case and as a service on your behalf". Mark The above opinions are rumoured to be my own.