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diff --git a/etc/SERVICE b/etc/SERVICE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d66eb2af73 --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/SERVICE @@ -0,0 +1,1285 @@ + -*- text -*- +GNU Service Directory +--------------------- + +This is a list of people who have asked to be listed as offering +support services for GNU software, including GNU Emacs, for a fee +or in some cases at no charge. + +The information comes from the people who asked to be listed; +we do not include any information we know to be false, but we +cannot check out any of the information; we are transmitting it to +you as it was given to us and do not promise it is correct. +Also, this is not an endorsement of the people listed here. +We have no opinions and usually no information about the abilities of +any specific person. We provide this list to enable you to contact +service providers and decide for yourself whether to hire one. + +Before FSF will list your name in the GNU Service Directory, we ask +that you agree informally to the following terms: + +1. You will not restrict (except by copyleft) the use or distribution +of any software, documentation, or other information you supply anyone +in the course of modifying, extending, or supporting GNU software. +This includes any information specifically designed to ameliorate the +use of GNU software. + +2. You will not take advantage of contact made through the Service +Directory to advertise an unrelated business (e.g., sales of +non-GNU-related proprietary information). You may spontaneously +mention your availability for general consulting, but you should not +promote a specific unrelated business unless the client asks. + +Please include some indication of your rates, because otherwise users +have nothing to go by. Please put each e-mail address inside "<>". +Please put nothing else inside "<>". Thanks! + +For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask: + +** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical ** + +Alcove <[email protected]> +12/13 place Indira Gandhi +92230 Gennevilliers +France + +http://www.alcove.fr +T?l.: +33 1 47 33 82 84 +Fax: +33 1 47 33 76 98 + +Alcove offers a comprehensive range of corporate-quality +Free Software related solutions, with technical support +via telephone, fax or email and remote system management. +We also offers consulting and training. Alcove is now developing +partnerships with top range companies in the computer business +like SQL Ing?nierie in its field of skills : consulting, technical +support... + +Rates approximately 4000FF per day, depending on the job. + +Updated: 1999-04-13 + +Amazonia Computing + +http://www.efn.org/~rick + +745 Foothill Drive +Eugene, OR 97405 +541-465-9008 + +I provide development and technical support for free software +and open source systems including embedded programming, GNU/Linux, the +GNU development suite.. + +I have over 10 years experience building and maintaining systems ranging +from medical patient monitoring systems to Linux device drivers for +custom PCI plug in cards. + +Rates range from $75.00/hr to $85/hr USD. I am also willing to work +on fixed price contracts. + +Updated: 1999-04-02 + +AO UrbanSoft <[email protected]> +St. Petersburg State University Science Campus +St. Petersburg, Russia +http://www.usoft.spb.ru + +AO UrbanSoft packages, markets and supports +industry standard free software products, +including the Linux operating system and +TeX document compiler. +The company also provides programming services +based on TeX, Tk, Python, HTML, Java, Perl and +Intranet. + +Rates approximately 15 USD per hour (as of 1997). + +Updated: 1999-04-02 by GNU staff + +Dipl.-Inform. Gerd Aschemann <[email protected]> +Osannstr. 49 +D-64285 Darmstadt +Tel.: +49 6151 16 2259 +http://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/VS/Mitarbeiter/Aschemann/ + +- System Administrator (UNIX and NT) at CS Department, TU Darmstadt, Germany +- 18 years working in the CS field, System administration on different platforms +- 12 years with UNIX/Networking/FreeWare/GNU/X11 +- 9 years courses on Operating Systems and Distributed Systems +- Lectures on System and Network Administration +- Platforms: Solaris, Linux, SunOS, Ultrix, HP-UX, Digital Unix, AIX, SCO, FreeBSDs +- Distributed Platforms and Information Systems (CORBA, WWW, Java) +- Experience with parallel environments (Connection Machine, Meiko, Parsytec) +- Consultant + +Rates are at 150,-- DM (~85 US$) per hour minimum, depending on the job. +I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs. + +Updated: 1999-04-14 + +Don Barry, Ph.D. <[email protected]> +Austin, Texas http://www.chara.gsu.edu/~don/ + +Astrophysicist with extensive and varied hacker background. Substantial +expertise in mathematical modeling, instrument interface, low-level and +high-level hardware control, statistical analysis, automated/mathematical +typesetting. Also fluent in opto/electro/mechanical design. I try to find +solutions using free software when possible and specialize in GNU/Linux +platforms. Degrees also in chemistry and mathematics. + +Speak: C, APL, Fortran, J, Perl, Emacs Lisp, IDL, variety of machine +languages from CDC CYBER (!) to x86 families, TeX/LaTeX, sendmail, and +quite a few others. Experience on platforms from PDP to present. + +Rates: $75--$150 per hour + travel (if required) depending on the needs of +the project, the level of support and availability required, and its +interest to me. + +Services: consulting, design, porting, lecturing, support, project definition, +system implementation. + +Updated: 1999-04-02 + +Laurent Bernardin +16, rue Dicks +L-6944 Niederanven +Luxemburg ++41 1 300 3712 + +Support and installation of all GNU software. + +Expertise: C, C++, Java, Motif, X, Unix administration, network security + +Rates: ~85 US$ / hour (Flux 3500.-) + +Updated: 1999-05-05 + +Dean Brettle Computer Consulting + +http://www.brettle.com/ + +7485 Rush River Drive +Suite 710-193 +Sacramento, CA 95831 +916-422-8129 + +I provide development, technical support, and training for free software +and open source systems including GNU/Linux, the GNU development suite, +Tcl/Tk, Emacs, and the GIMP. + +I have over 9 years experience building and maintaining systems ranging +from computed tomography systems to airborne sensor control systems -- +all with free software. + +Rates range from $80/hr - $120/hr USD. I am also interested in working +on fixed price contracts. + +Updated: 1999-04-02 + +James Craig Burley +97 Arrowhead Circle +Ashland, MA 01721 +(Email and postal mail contacts only, please.) +Email: <[email protected]> +Web: http://world.std.com/~burley/ + +Expertise: + Compiler Internals (author of GNU Fortran, for example) + Operating Systems Internals + Tools/Utilities Development and Maintenance + Microcode Development and Maintenance (primarily VLIW machines) + System Design (computers, operating systems, toolsets, &c) + Debugging (often asked to help debug Other People's Code) + Documentation (authored many books and ran a few doc projects) + Extensive experience with a variety of operating systems, hardware, + languages, and so on + +Rate: $100/hour + +Updated: 1999-04-01 + +C2V Michel Delval <[email protected]> +82 bd Haussmann Jean-Alain Le Borgne <[email protected]> +75008 Paris +France +Tel (33 1) 40.08.07.07 +Fax (33 1) 43.87.35.99 +Compuserve 100413,1012 +http://www.c2v.com/freesoft.htm +e-mail: <[email protected]> + +Services: we offer source or source+binary distribution, +installation, training, maintenance, technical support, +consulting, specific development and followup on the GNU software +development environment: Emacs, gcc/g++, binutils, gas, gdb. + +Porting on new platforms, and professionally developing software +with the GNU tools in the Unix/X11 environment since they were +first available. + +Experience: GNU C Compilation toolchain for the SGS-Thomson D950 +and ST20 DSP chips. + +GNU C compilation toolchain (cross-compiler, compiler, linker, +assembler, debugger) for SparcV7 ERC32 based space systems +(Sextant Avionique / Alcatel Espace). + +Feasability study, analysis and prototyping of a complete +compilation toolchain based on the GNU programming tools for the +CSEM RISC microprocessor family. + +Rates: from 2000 FF/day to 150 000 FF/year, 40% discount for +educational institutions, add taxes and expenses. Ask for list. + +Updated: 1999-05-05 + +Bruce Dawson - <[email protected]> +CodeMeta, Inc. +Manchester, NH USA +800-354-2209 + +Specializing in GNU tools such as guile, CVS, gnats, bash, gawk, fileutils... + +Services: + + o 800 phone support. + + o Modification and development. + + o Training. + +Rate: $75/hour or per quote. + +http://www.codemeta.com + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +CodeSourcery, LLC <[email protected] +3421 El Camino Real #35 +Atherton, CA 94027 +(650) 364-5360 +http://www.codesourcery.com + +CodeSourcery specializes in customization of, enhancements to, and +support for all GNU software. We have particular experience in the +field of programming tools, and have been responsible for many +features in the GNU C and C++ compilers including the implementation +of member templates and type-based alias analysis. Mark Mitchell, one +of our co-founders, is an official maintainer of the EGCS C++ +front-end. + +We also have experience with GNU tools ranging from emacs to binutils +to gdb to autoconf, and are willing to work on any and all free +software projects. + +Please see our web page at www.codesourcery.com for more information +about our products, services, and prices. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +Stuart Cracraft <[email protected]> +P.O. Box 6752 +Laguna Niguel, CA, 92607, USA +Phone: 714-347-8106 (prefer email) +Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~cracraft/index.html +Rate: $75/hour, and as appropriate for the project. + +Consultation topics: +Entire GNU suite - porting, compilation, installation, +user-training, administrator-training. + +Method: via any combination of telephone, dialup, Internet, in-person, email. + +Experience: supporting GNU since project inception, original port of +GNU Emacs to Sun Solaris, original author of GNU Emacs online tutorial. +Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, Perl, Expect, Oracle, Informix, SunOS, Solaris, +NIS, NFS, system-monitoring via paging. Unix System and Database +administration or development. + +Updated: 1999-04-17 + +Cygnus Solutions +1325 Chesapeake Terrace +Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA ++1 408 542 9600 voice ++1 408 542 9699 fax + +Cygnus Solutions provides supported and maintained versions of gcc, g++, gdb +with GUI, GNU linker and GNU macro assembler. In addition, Cygnus provides +these GNU software development tools for well over 100 host-target +configurations. Support includes bug fixes and semi-annual releases of the +toolset. Each release is regression tested and includes substantial +improvements and additions to the current release. Support is available for +groups of 5 or 25 on a wide range of standard, special and vintage +toolchains for native and embedded applications. New target processors are +being added regularly. Rates for support for standard products start at $7495. + +Cygnus Solutions contact: + + Kathy Powers + ph: +1-206-888-6002 + fx: +1-206-888-6145 + email: <[email protected]> + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +Marcus G. Daniels <[email protected]> +1399 Hyde Park Road <[email protected]> +Santa Fe, NM 87501-8943 <[email protected]> +(505)984-8800 x267 + +I can customize, extend, port, and repair many types of free software. +I have software maintenance experience (e.g. CLISP, Swarm), and have +contributed to several GNU packages (e.g. Emacs). Twelve years of C +and Unix experience. Consulting rates start at $60 US/hr. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +DSS Distributed Systems Software, Inc. +7500 Abercrombie Dr., Suite 103 <[email protected]> +Richmond, British Columbia V6Y 3J9 http://www.dss.bc.ca +CANADA (604) 270-9559 + +GNU-related services: + We specialize in support for GCC (mainly C and C++), including porting, + retargeting, and customizing. + Also, GNU and other free software that falls within our areas of expertise. + +Expertise: + DSS provides software design, implementation, and consulting services. + + Distributed systems: + o Client/Server architectures, computer networking, communication +protocols + o Directory systems, including X.500 and LDAP + o High-performance and special-purpose distributed systems and databases: + scalability, reliability, availability, transactions + o Computer systems performance analysis + + Compilers, translators, and interpreters, including "small" and + special-purpose languages + +Rates: + Consulting rates are $65-$200 USD per hour, plus + applicable taxes. Fixed-cost projects are also possible. + +Updated: 1999-04-20 + +Echo Labs <[email protected]> +29 Weld St, http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/ +Nedlands, WA 6009 +Perth, Australia ++61 (0) 41 356 0008 + +Echo Labs is a software consultancy that also provides support and +development skills. Specialising in GNU software, particularly Tcl/Tk +and Linux. We can deliver systems at a fraction of the cost of those +based on more traditional technologies. Internet/intranet and data +communications solutions, for all platforms are undertaken. GUI +front-ends done quickly. + +While typically involved in engineering and technical areas, any +GNU/Open Source software will be supported. + +For further details see: http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/ + +Experience: 13+ years C/Unix, Sun, SCO, GNU/Linux, Win/NT. + Secure WWW servers (Apache SSL), Ecommerce solutions. + Systems programming, device drivers, hardware interfacing. + GNU tools/utilities, Embedded & realtime systems. + Communications protocols and implementation. + +Degrees: BAppSc (CS), Curtin University, Perth + +Rates: AUS $50-75/hr neg. + +Updated: 1999-04-13 + +Markus Fleck <[email protected]> +Koeln/Bonn/NRW <[email protected]> +Germany (DE) + +Services: +- Training Seminars: GNU/Linux; CGI programming; + Scripting with Tcl, Perl, Python, PHP3, awk; + Tk programming; IETF/W3C Standards; Internet +- GNU-based Groupware Solutions, Customization +- System Administration (GNU/Linux, SunOS/Solaris) +- Email "question answering" + +Rates: consulting/programming: DM 150/h (~$85); + seminar fees negotiated on individual basis + +Updated: 1999-04-04 + +Noah Friedman <[email protected]> +4463 Moraga Avenue +Oakland, CA 94611 +(permanent) + +Author of several Emacs Lisp packages and parts of Emacs, as well as +numerous network and unix system utilities. Co-maintained GNU Texinfo and +Autoconf for a couple of years. Experienced unix systems engineer. +FSF employee Feb 1991--Sep 1994. + +I can perform installation, porting, and enhancement of all GNU software +and any other free software, especially for Linux/GNU systems; design +high-capacity hardware-redundant servers for production environments; +provide consulting on the use of version control management with CVS; and I +am willing to provide handholding for shell programming and Emacs Lisp +development. + +Fees negotiable, averaging $100-$150/hour. I can work in the California +bay area or anywhere accessible on the Internet. For larger jobs I may be +willing to travel. + +Updated: 1999-04-02 + +Brian Gough <[email protected]> +Network Theory Limited http://www.network-theory.co.uk/ +Bristol, United Kingdom + +Tel: 0117 9681086 (in UK), +44 117 9681086 (outside UK) + +I provide support, development, and installation of free software on a +contract basis. I also do system administration. I can work at your +site, over the internet, or by phone/email. + +I have extensive experience in C, Perl, Unix and the internet, +including two years running a large website in the US. + +I can also provide specialized consulting in numerical software +development for scientific and quantitative applications. + +Rate: 40-60 pounds/hour, depending on task and length of project, negotiable. + +Updated: 1999-04-06 + +Ronald F. Guilmette <[email protected]> +RG Consulting +1751 East Roseville Pkwy. #1828 +Roseville, CA 95661 +Tel: +1 916 786 7945 +FAX: +1 916 786 5311 + +Services: Development & porting of GNU software development tools. + +GNU Contributions: + Invented, designed, and implemented the protoize and + unprotoize tools supplied with GCC2. + + Designed and developed all code to support the generation + of Dwarf symbolic debugging information for System V Release + 4 in GCC2. + + Performed original port of GNU compilers to SVr4 system. + + Finished port of GNU compilers to Intel i860 RISC + processor. + +Experience: 13+ years UNIX systems experience, all working on compilers + and related tools. + + 7+ years working professionally on GCC, G++, and GDB under + contract to various firms including the Microelectronics + and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), Data General (DG), + Network Computing Devices (NCD), and Intel Corp. + +Other qualifications: + Developer of the RoadTest (tm) C and C++ commercial + compiler test suites. + + Former vice-chairman of UNIX International Programming + Languages Special Interest Group (UI/PLSIG). + + Bachelor's and a Master's degrees, both in Computer Science. + +Rates: Variable depending upon contract duration. Call for quote. + +Updated: 1999-05-05 + + Interactive Information Limited is an Edinburgh-based company that + specialises in WWW services and in particular support for accessing + existing systems and information. + + Our staff have many years experience in using, and developing lisp packages + within, Emacs, and in using other GNU/Unix tools, particularly under public + domain UNIXes. + + We can provide services throughout the UK, at any level from general + consultancy through fetching, installing and customising software to + bespoke programming. Fees would be in the range #300 - #600 per day, + depending primarily on the size of the job. + + You can contact us + by email: <[email protected]> + by phone: 0370 30 40 52 (UK) + (+44) 370 30 40 52 (International) + by post: 3, Lauriston Gardens, + Edinburgh EH3 9HH + Scotland + +Updated: 1999-04-30 + +Dipl.-Inform. Klaus K?mpf <[email protected]> +L?hnerstrasse 14 +D-90491 N?rnberg +Germany + +- 18 years C/Unix experience +- 10 years VMS experience +- Ported BFD library, Binutils, GNU Assembler, GNU C, GNU C++, + GNU C++ libraries, and GNU Make to openVMS/Alpha. + +I do a lot of cross-platform (Unix/Linux-OpenVMS-WindowsNT) development +mostly with the GNU compiler environment. I am actively supporting GNU +software on OpenVMS/Alpha and OpenVMS/VAX. + +Updated: 1999-04-20 + +Joseph R. Kiniry <[email protected]> +Caltech Mailstop 256-80 http://www.josephkiniry.com/ +Pasadena, CA 91125 +Phone: 626-395-3556 +Fax: 626-792-4257 + +Long-term high-level consultant with four advanced degrees in a +variety of domains. See http://www.josephkiniry.com/resume.html +for more information on professional and academic background. + +I provide installation, porting, debugging, customization, design, and +development of GNU and other UNIX and non-UNIX software. I am or have +been a certified developer with Microsoft, SunSoft, NeXT, and Amiga. +I have a great deal of development and management experience and an +extremely broad background which contributes to my excellent system +integration capabilities. I have a special expertise and conduct +research in distributed systems and component/object technologies. + +Time and material rates for local work vary regionally, but are +currently $350 per hour on the west coast. Other rates apply for +long-term jobs (day rates, travel, etc.) and remote work (usually 1/2 +fee). I am interested in fixed-bid jobs and will work for lower rates +for non-profit organizations and educational institutions. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +Bradley M. Kuhn +http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn + +I am available for system administration and software development +consulting, including but not limited to installation, configuration and +integration of GNU tools and other copy-lefted software such as GNU/Linux +and the various distributions of GNU/Linux. + +Please visit my homepage for more information on my background and skills. +My resume is also available there. + +I am available for both 1099 (preferred) and W2 on-site contracting in the +Cincinnati, OH, USA metropolitan area, as well as remote consulting via +dialup or Internet connection anywhere in the USA. I have no interest in +permanent relocation at this time. However, temporary (one week maximum) +jobs with paid expenses will be considered. + +My rate varies greatly between $25-$40/hour, depending on the circumstances. +Rates for non-profit organizations are substantially lower, and possibly gratis. + +Updated: 1999-04-17 + +Fen Labalme <[email protected]> +CoMedia Consulting http://www.comedia.com/ +142 S. Lake Merced Hill WE ARE EVERYWHERE +San Francisco CA 94132 JUST SAY "KNOW" + +Consulting, installation, customization and training for GNU Emacs, +and selected other GNU & network software. Design & implementation +of free software projects, as well as software engineering & system +design. I have been hacking Emacs since '76 when it was TECO and ^R +macros (don't ask), and am inter/intra-network, UNIX & Web friendly. + +Rates: $150 hour & up, depending; flat rate jobs considered. + Lower rates, barter or free for selected non-profits. + +Updated: 1999-04-17 + +Greg Lehey +LEMIS +PO Box 460 +Echunga SA 5153 +Australia + +Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 +Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 +Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 +Mail <[email protected]> + +Services: Supply, porting, installation, consultation on all GNU +products. + +Experience: 25 years OS and compiler experience, ports of most GNU +products. Author of ported software CD-ROM for UNIX System V.4.2, +"Porting UNIX Software" (O'Reilly), "Installing and Running FreeBSD" +and "The Complete FreeBSD" (both Walnut Creek). + +Rates: Choice of AUD 180 per hour or hotline rates AUD 3 per minute. +Outside Australia, $US 100 per hour or $US 2 per minute. Quick +questions may be free. Limited free support available for +purchasers of LEMIS CD-ROMs. + +Updated: 1999-04-18 + +Alan Lehotsky <[email protected]> +Quality Software Management +634 West St +Carlisle, MA 01741 + +Phone: (978)287-0435 +Fax: (978)287-0436 + +Services: + - Support for GNU compilers, including rehost/retarget + - General system software work (SW tools, O/S, device drivers) + - runtime library (especially floating point) + - project management + - software process improvement + +Experience: 15+ years of design and implementation of optimizing + compilers. "Mr. Bliss" at Digital in the 70's and early + 80's. Experience with Motorola 68k, PowerPC, SPARC, x86, + NS32K, ADI SHARC DSP. Compilers for languages including + Ada, BLISS, C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal, Modula/2, O/S + experience includes Unix (OSF/1, SunOS, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX), + VAX/VMS, Windows/NT, MacOS. + + 5 years experience with GCC internals, including major + changes to support 8 bit bytes on word-address SHARC DSP and + general support of PowerPC code generation. + +References available + +Rates: $100/hr. + fixed price possible for well-defined deliverables. + +Updated: 1999-04-02 + +Reuven M. Lerner <[email protected]> +17 Disraeli Street +Haifa 34333 +Israel + +Phone: 04-824-2265 (within Israel) + +972-4-824-2265 (outside of Israel) + +Fax: 04-826-1219 (within Israel) + +972-4-826-1219 (outside of Israel) + +WWW: http://www.lerner.co.il + +- System and network administration, especially Linux-based systems + and networks +- Administration, training, and programming for Internet nodes and + World-Wide Web sites +- Installation, support and training in the use of Linux, Emacs, Perl, + and other free software +- Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, and Perl + +Consulting rates: $75/hour, less for non-profits + +Updated: 1999-04-04 + +Richard Levitte (in TeX: Richard Levitte +Levitte Programming Levitte Programming +Spannvagen 38, I Spannv\"agen 28, I +S-168 35 Bromma S-168 35 Bromma +Sweden Sweden) +Tel.nr.: +46 (8) 26 52 47 (there is an answering machine) +Cellular: +46 (708) 26 53 44 +e-mail: <[email protected]> + +What I do: + Primarily I work on GNU software for VMS, both VAX and AXP. I've + been porting GNU Emacs to VMS since spring 1991. I've ported a + bunch of other GNU programs as well. I maintain GNU vmslib. + For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html + +Programs supported: + To a varying degree (ranging from extension and porting to + installation and simple questions) at the time of updating this + entry: + - GNU vmslib, emacs, autoconf, zip, diffutils, m4, patch, texinfo, + C/C++; on both VMS and Unix. + - Other GNU programs to a small degree; on Unix. + For further info, look at http://www.lp.se/products/gnu.html + +Experience: + Fluent in TeX/LaTeX and many programming languages. + Modified key elements in Emacs (e.g., memory and process management) + to work transparently on VMS. I have very good knowledge in the VMS + operating system. I'm also knowledged in the a few Unix flavors. + For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html + +Your Rate: + $70-$100/hour (500-800 SEK in sweden), plus expenses. My rates + are negotiable, depending on how interesting the project is to me. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +Sean Levy <[email protected]> +352 Roup Ave http://www.StAlphonsos.COM/~attila/ +Pittsburgh, PA 15232 +1.800.852.3322 +USA + +I have been a professional hacker for over 17 years, and have worked on +everything from PDP-10's and -11's and early microcomputers to modern Unix +workstations of various kinds, at all levels. I've done every kind of +hacking, in many different languages (including some I designed and +implemented). Current efforts are focused on Linux, GNU software, WWW-based +systems, and security. My resume and PGP key are available via my web +pages. + +Based in Pittsburgh, PA, available anywhere via the Internet. Possibility +of travel for some jobs. Speak Spanish, have traveled in Europe and +Scandinavia. + +Rates: $100 USD/hour standard, lower for non-profits or other worthy causes, + $200 USD/hour for pager access and 24-hour support + +Updated: 1999-04-17 + +Gord Matzigkeit <[email protected]> +#15, 2105 Cornwall Street http://www.fig.org/~gord/ +Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2K8 Voice: (306) 522-7884 +CANADA + +I will gladly help novice and intermediate computer users to install, +understand, and use free software, whether or not I have prior +experience with that software. I know my limitations well, and will +freely give other contacts if I cannot solve your problem myself. + +I have over 4 years of experience with several of the major free OSes: +GNU/Linux (Debian, Red Hat), NetBSD, FreeBSD, and GNU/Hurd. Some of +my specialties are networking, Emacs, Automake, Autoconf, C, Perl, and +shell script programming. + +My rates are negotiable depending on the task: usually $40-$60 +(Canadian) per hour. Flat rates preferred. + +Updated: 1999-04-13 + +Thi Nguyen <[email protected]> +San Jose, CA, USA +1 408 314 3470 + +Expertise: Hardware Verification Tools and Environment + - simulators / transactors / stimulus generators + - scripts of all sorts / environment / flows + - elisp dvelopment, customizations + - GNU binutils adaptation for new processor architectures + - software QA methodology (including management) + - speak: C, C++, elisp, Scheme, Perl, Verilog, sh + +Please see ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tt/ttn/resume.html for resume. + +Rate: $100/hr, possibly less + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +David Nicol +Post office box 45163 +Kansas City, Missouri 64171 +http://www.tipjar.com/dnconsult + +Unix, GNU/Linux, Perl installation, C, C++, Lisp, Perl programming. + +LRP routers. + +CGI programming. + +Installation, porting. + +Specification development, design, implementation, documentation. + +Current projects include: + implementing an extension to xterm + EROS scsi drivers + tipjar transaction service + UMKC remote access system + +Rate: $60/hour, or fixed contract. On-site support available in +greater Kansas City area. + +Updated: 1999-04-04 + +Jonas Oberg (TeX: Jonas \"Oberg +Kaserngatan 6 Kaserngatan 6 +S-723 47 Vasteras S-723 47 V\"aster\.as +Sweden Sweden) + +Phone: +46-21-144831 +E-mail: <[email protected]> + +I offer support for most GNU software including the GNU +Hurd and also do system administration on GNU systems. +I can do free software development and have a good +understanding of automake, autoconf, flex, bison, guile, +texinfo and much more. Rates around USD$100. + +Updated: 1999-06-07 + +Peter Olsen +P.O. Box 410 +Simpsonville, MD 21150 + + +What I do: Mathematical modeling and model building using Gnu + and other Free Software. Scientific and engineering + analysis, modeling, and programming in FORTRAN, C, LISP, + and Java. Statistical analysis. Emacs customization. + +Examples of my previous work: + 1. I built the model used predict the + amount of work required to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil + spill. Model was completed in ten days, used to allocate + resources for $2 billion summer cleanup, predictions were + accurate. + 2. I built a model applying commercial capital + investment standards to a Federal Agency budget, helped + support $250 Million budget increase. + +Credo: Engineering is the art of applying a professional + knowledge of mathematics and the physical sciences to + improve the quality of life. + +Rates: $225/hour (+ travel and expenses) on site, + $175/hour remote access. + +Notes: 1. Visiting Lecturer for Society for Industrial and Applied + Mathematics: Will speak without fee about Valdez model + (or other work) to Educational and not-for-profit + organizations (plus most-economical travel and living + expenses or travel or living arrangements in kind). + + 2. I do not accept offers which pose even the appearance + of conflict of interest with any present or former client + or employer. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + + Open Systems Consultants a.s Open Systems Consultants a.s + St. Olavsgt. 24 Fabrikkvn 8 + N-0166 OSLO N-4033 FORUS + NORWAY NORWAY + + +Phone: Fax: + +47 22 20 40 50 +47 22 20 02 85 + +Web: E-mail: + http://www.osc.no <[email protected]> + +Open Systems Consultants a.s can provide programming support for all +GNU software -- extending or adopting it to meet customer needs. +Prices vary with software and project. Hourly fees are in the $80-120 +range. Fixed-priced projects are also available. Phone support is +available only for customers with support contracts. + +Updated: 1999-04-23 + +Francesco Potorti` <[email protected]> +Via S.Stefano, 8 +56123 Pisa, Italy +Tel. (050)560671 + +Emacs: installation and maintenance, training and tutorials, + customisation, extensions, troubleshooting. Author of some of + the packages in the emacs distribution, has made the porting + of emacs to the Motorola Delta architecture. + +Other: installation and maintenance of GNU software. Experience with + hylafax, RCS, gperf, etags, smail, indent, diff, gawk, gcc, + screen. Is the current maintainer of etags. + +Rates: 30-80 KL/hr, depending on experience on the particular task. + Average is 50 KL/hr $50/hr. + Prefer e-mail communication to telephone. + +Qualifications: Electronic Engineering degree, Pisa. Full time + researcher in CNUCE-CNR. + Familiar with elisp programming and porting of C programs. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +Quiotix Corporation +Mountain View, CA + +Contact: Jeffrey Siegal + +1 650 843-1300 + +Areas of focus: Embedded systems and GNU/Linux platforms. Porting GNU +software to embedded systems, extending GNU software to better support +embedded environments, developing new tools and utilities for embedded +development using GNU software. Porting software to GNU/Linux-based +platforms, developing system software and extensions for GNU/Linux +platforms. + +Services: porting, development, support, project management, advisory +consulting. + +Rates: $125-$250/hour or fixed fees depending on services provided. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +Stanislav Shalunov + +Email: [email protected] +Phones: 732-967-0489 + +Installing, configuring, customizing and troubleshooting GNU Emacs, +GCC, GDB, CVS, most GNU utilities in fact. Help with other free +software as well. Suggesting suitable for your purposes free +software. Teaching and handholding. + +Rate: $60/hour + travel expenses if travel is required. (I'm +currently located in NJ.) + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +Vin Shelton +EtherSoft, Inc +617.796.9086 + +I have been a professional programmer for 20 years, with most of that time +spent doing UNIX/C/C++ hacking. My specialties are (in no particular +order): system/kernel hacking, speech recognition, perl, object-oriented +design and analysis, FSF software (I have built nearly every FSF package on +several different platforms), small language design and implementation, and +HTML/web programming. Currently I'm a member of the XEmacs and egcs beta +teams. My rates vary from $70 - $100 per hour, depending on the size of the +project. + +Updated: 1999-04-17 + +Signum Support AB <[email protected]> +Teknikringen 8 +S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden ++46 13 21 46 00 voice ++46 13 21 47 00 fax +http://www.signum.se/ + +Signum Support AB is a company dedicated to supporting, developing and +distributing free software for mainly UNIX systems. The people behind +Signum Support AB have many years of general UNIX and Internet +experience, both as system administrators and as programmers, and also +extensive experience in maintaining and administering the GNU programs +and Linux. + +Signum Support develops and markets the free GUI equipped Readynet +Internet server, the free PHTTPD http server and the easy to use Linux +based Fuego firewall. + +Services offered: + + - Support on Internet service software, especially the free + Readynet Internet server we have developed for Linux. + - Support on Linux. + - Customization of Linux. + - Installation and customizing GNU and other free software. We are + making free software as easy to install and use as shrink wrapped + programs. + - Warranty protection. + - Finding, Recommending and Investigation of free software in any + area of the customer's choice. + - Regular consulting. + +Rates: For software items, request our price list. + For consulting, 700-900 SEK/hour. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + + Jon Solomon <[email protected]> + 235 Main St., Apt 3C-1 + East Hartford, Conn. 06118 + +1 860 313-2000 + + Maintains all GNU software... Available for General Consulting + (contact me if you are interested)... + Sendmail a specialty... Can answer questions pertaining to the + installation, maintenance, bug reporting and fixing for + most GNU products... Adhering to the FSF/GNU copyleft for all + work... (I only charge for the time it takes to do the above, + the software (and most GNU copyleft'd software) is free. + I can make tapes for you if you need that... + + Rate: $90.00/hour. + +Updated: 1999-04-13 + +Name: Julian Stacey <[email protected]>, Fallback <[email protected]> +Location: Munich Germany, & on the Internet. +Qualifications: University Degree, BSc Hons Computers & Cybernetics, 1980. +Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.2608126 Data: +49.89.26023276 +Resume: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ +Time Zone: +01:00 +Rate: 130-200 DM/Hour. +Commercial Independent Freelance Consultancy: + Unix (Pref. BSD or Linux), C, X-Windows, FSF Tools, Internet + firewalls, Systems engineering, hardware interfacing, real + time, comms & scientific industrial, Cyrillic screen & printer + etc. Custom design & Porting. No {Emacs, Cobol, Microsoft}. +Free Sources: FSF & all BSD sources, X-Windows, XFree86, free Ftp dial in + (info on web). Media Copy Charge depends on time+postage+media + 2Gig 90m DAT, QIC 1/4" 525Meg, 150M, & 60M; LS-120, CAS-60M. +Free GCC-1.40 For Symmetric Computer Systems Model 375 (native cc is broken). +Languages: Deutsch & Francais (I am English) + Man kann mir in Deutsch schreiben, (oder mich anrufen). + Je comprend Francais, mais je n'ecris pas des responses en Fr. +COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANCY: + - Please state you want to pay for consultancy at commercial rates, + & outline your project duration, etc. +! NO FREE HELP ! + - I Am Not A Help Desk ! I have no time to do that. + Neither the FSF nor anyone else pays me to offer any such service. + - I contribute source code to the public domain, but I sell my time, + which is Not available as a public service. + - I dislike phone calls from strangers seeking free advice on things + I may well not know enough about. Post such questions to an Internet + newsgroup or list (via a friend if you don't have Internet access) + & let someone with time, best knowledge, & inclination answer. + - If you must phone me, immediately ask for a few minutes advice + "Free Of Charge" (else if you just swamp me in technicalities + without first having the decency to let me know you'r Not a potential + paying customer, you'r just encouraging me to hang up). + - Give me an email address, so I can forward follow-up info. + - Volunteer to phone back next week to hear subsequent info/solutions/ + questions I/friends/net have come up with meantime: Almost always the + information I have instantly to hand is a small fraction of the + useful information I could provide. I despise those who do not phone + back later, after I've spent time researching their problem; but I + refuse to also waste my money on long distance calls to inform them + what I've previously wasted my time learning for their benefit. + - Language: Make an effort, speak some English ! Use no German + dialect, only Hoch Deutsch. Spell very slowly & clearly, I am Not + good at fast German pronunciation, & don't recognise umlauts ! + - Numbers: Use Only single digits (think of keyboard input), use no + inverted German digit pairs (EG no "eight hundred, two and thirty", + & no convoluted French (EG "four twenties and fifteen") ! + +Updated: 1999-04-18 + +Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> +545 Tech Sq, Rm 430 +Cambridge, MA 02139 + +Emacs: anything whatever +Is anyone interested in courses in using or extending GNU Emacs? + +Original inventor of Emacs and main author of GNU Emacs and GCC. + +Rates: $6/min or $250/hr. + +Updated: 1999-04-14 + +Kayvan A. Sylvan <[email protected]> +Sylvan Associates, Inc. +879 Lewiston Drive +San Jose, CA 95136-1517 +Phone: (408) 978-1407 +Fax: (408) 978-1407 + +I will help you port, install and customize GNU Emacs, GCC, G++, +bison, and other GNU tools on almost any architecture and operating +system. Questions answered. GNU C and lisp hacking available. I will +also do ongoing support and periodic upgrades if you get on my GNU +software subscription list. + +Rates: $70-$100/hour, depending on type of work. Substantial discounts +for long-term contracts and also for educational or non-profit +institutions. + +Experience: Many different Unix systems (2.9BSD to 4.4BSD, Xenix, SVR3 and +SVR4, Linux, FreeBSD). Systems programming and system administration on all +brands of Unix. Kernel hacking experience. Lots of porting experience. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +TerraTel AB <[email protected]> +Tankeg=E5ngen 4 +S-417 56 G=F6teborg, Sweden ++46 31 50 79 40 voice ++46 31 50 79 39 fax +http://www.netg.se + +TerraTel AB is a company that does consultant jobs and holds courses +in the fields of Unix software, TCP/IP networking and Internet +applications. The people behind TerraTel AB have many years +of general UNIX experience, both as system administrators and as +programmers, and also extensive experience in maintaining the GNU +programs; in administration as well as finding and fixing bugs. + +Services offered: + +- Installation and customizing GNU and other free software. We will + make free software as easy to install and use as shrink wrapped + programs. +- Service and support subscriptions. +- Warranty protection. +- Customization and porting. +- Subscriptions to new versions which we will send monthly or with + any other interval. +- Finding, recommending and investigating free software in any + area of the customers choice. +- Regular consulting. +- Support on Internet service software, especially the free +- Support on Linux. +- Freeware based courses in Unix usage, C, C++, or any GNU tools + +Rates: For courses, contact us for a quote, +For consulting, $60-120/hour, depending on contract length. + +Entered: 1999-04-16 + +Leonard H. Tower Jr. <[email protected]> <[email protected]> +36 Porter Street +Somerville, MA 02143 +USA ++1-617-623-7739 ++1-617-629-5822 + +Will work on most GNU software. +Installation, handholding, trouble shooting, extensions, teaching. + +Rates: $ 150.00/hour + travel expenses. Fixed fee quotes available. + Negotiable for non-profits. + +Experience: Have hacked on over a dozen architectures in many languages. Have +system mothered too many varieties of Unixes. Assisted rms with the front end +of gcc and its back-end support. Resume available on request. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + +noris network GmbH +Matthias Urlichs +Kilianstra?e 142 +90425 Nuernberg +Germany +Phone: +49 911 9352-0 +Fax: +49 911 9352-100 +http://info.noris.de/ (German) +Expertise: + OS internals, esp. Linux, esp. device drivers + Network protocol / program design and coding + Utilities coding and maintenance + Program debugging, testing + User interface design and testing + Several programming and tool languages + We're an ISP => experience in all kinds of ISP-relevant problems + +Services: + Installation, debugging, enhancement, distribution, + for all kinds of free software. + System administration for most Unix-like systems. + Email, Fax, phone, and in-person consulting (and/or "question answering"). + Remote support and system monitoring (over the Internet), + Update service (new tools tested and installed automagically) + Internet access + +Rates: + DM 150 (~$85) per hour + Rates don't include taxes. + +Updated: 1999-04-13 + +Paul C.A. van Gool + +Address: Illgen Simulation Technologies, Inc. + 130 Robin Hill Road, Suite 200 + Goleta, CA 93117 + USA + +Phone: (805)692-2333 +Fax : (805)692-2334 + +I would like to provide unpaid support for the following things: + +- C +- C++ +- f2c +- compilation and installation of most GNU packages + +Updated: 1999-04-23 + +Joel N. Weber II +185 Lowell St #2 +Somerville, MA 02144-2629 + +I can install GNU software, customize it, fix bugs, answer questions, +and teach. + +I am fluent in C, emacs lisp, Bourne shell, and awk. I also have a +good understanding of automake and autoconf. + +I have modified identd, cvs, and ftpd to change their security +procedures; I have modified the GNU fileutils to understand new flag +bits that were added to the Hurd. I have been involved in developing +Hurd translators. Long ago, I worked on developing a web browser; +that project was eventually killed, but I learned a lot in the +process. + +I am experienced in webmastering and system administration. + +Rate: $100/hour, negotiable. + +Updated: 1999-04-02 + +Arne Wichmann + +EMail: <[email protected]> +Telephone on request. + +I support GNU software on the following platforms: + +GNU/Linux +SunOS 4.X 5.X +Irix 6.5 +HPUX 9.X +other platforms on request. + +Usual rates: 40DM per hour. Free support for private people as time +permits. + +Updated: 1999-04-14 + +Jody Winston +xprt Computer Consulting, Inc. +731 Voyager +Houston, TX, 77062 +(281) 480-UNIX, <[email protected]> + +We have supported, installed, and used the entire GNU software suite +for over 10 years on many different Unix platforms. We have written +character device drivers and proc file systems for custom hardware +running on Linux. In addition, we have developed a custom X11 server +and X input extensions. Our consulting rate is $150.00 US dollars per +hour, negotiable, plus a per diem for out of town work. + +Updated: 1999-04-12 + + +For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask: + +A current version should be available on our web site at http://www.gnu.org. + +** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical ** |