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diff --git a/gcc/SERVICE b/gcc/SERVICE deleted file mode 100644 index 786d4768c68..00000000000 --- a/gcc/SERVICE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1460 +0,0 @@ - -*- 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: - gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu - -** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical ** - -Altrasoft <info@altrasoft.com> -4880 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 205 -San Jose, CA 95129-1034 -+1 408 243 3300 -http://www.altrasoft.com - -Altrasoft provides corporate-quality support, development and user -documentation for GNU Emacs, XEmacs and InfoDock. (InfoDock is a turnkey -information management and software development toolset built atop emacs, -written by one of our associates.) Emacs distributions for a variety of -platforms are also available, as is support for other emacs variants, such as -those often found on PCs. - -Our unique focus on emacs-related work allows us to attract expert talent in -this area to keep you on the leading edge of productivity, especially if you -do software development work. We do the porting, patching, coding, -integrating, debugging, documenting and testing so that your people spend -much more productive time on their mainline tasks. - -Standard support packages include help on all aspects of the packages -supported, including all tools shipped as a standard part of the original -package distribution. In general, we want to give you an unbelievably strong -level of support, so where we can, we will also answer questions concerning -any add-on Lisp code that is used at your site. Setup and customization -help, bug fixes, and announcements of new releases are, of course, included. - -Support rates start at $1,500 USD, for single user support for one year. -Discounts are available for group contracts. We also offer Golden Support -contracts for those who need the absolute best in mission-critical support; -contact us for details. Hourly development rates and fixed bid work are -available. - -Updated: 1997-05-12 - -Magnus Alvestad <magnus@itanalyse.no> - -GNU Emacs, GCC, the Unix tools, Linux, Jolt. - -Rates: Free, or from $50/hour. - -Updated: 1997-05-09 - -AO UrbanSoft <info@usoft.spb.su> -St. Petersburg State University Science Campus -St. Petersburg, Russia -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. - -Updated: 1997-05-25 - -Joseph Arceneaux <jla@ai.mit.edu> -PO Box 460633 http://www.samsara.com/~jla -San Francisco, CA 94146-0633 -+1 415 648 9988 -+1 415 285 9088 - -Recently led the project making Wells Fargo Bank the first to provide -secure customer account access over the Internet. - -Former FSF staffmember. Performed X11 implementation of Emacs version -19, designed and implemented WYSIWYG Emacs. Installed and -administered FSF network. Maintainer of GNU indent. Over 15 years -experience with Unix and other systems, from writing ROM monitors to -UI design and system administration. - -I provide installation, porting, debugging and customization or -development of GNU and other Unix software. I also design and -implement free software projects and consult on software engineering -and systems design. Handholding and teaching services are also -available as well as things like LAN and compute--infrastructure design. - -Time and material rates around $150 USD per hour, depending upon the -particular job. I am also very interested in fixed-bid jobs. For -selected non-profit organizations with worthy goals, I work for free. - -Updated: 1995-10-17 - -Gerd Aschemann <Aschemann@Informatik.TH-Darmstadt.de> -Osannstr. 49 -D-64285 Darmstadt -Tel.: +49 6151 16 2259 -http://www.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~ascheman/ - -- System Administrator (UNIX) at CS Department, TU Darmstadt, Germany -- 17 years experience with CS, System administration on different platforms -- 10 years with UNIX/Networking/FreeWare/GNU/X11 -- 8 years organizer of Operating Systems and Distributed Systems courses -- Lectures on System and Network Administration -- Platforms: Solaris, SunOS, Ultrix, OSF1, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, SCO -- Distributed Platforms and Information Systems (CORBA, WWW, Java, FTP) -- Experience with parallel environments (Connection Machine, Meiko, Parsytec) -- Consultant - -Rates are at 130,-- DM (~80 US$) per hour minimum, depending on the job. -I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - - - Basis Technology Corp. - One Kendall Square, Bldg 200 - Cambridge, MA 02139 - U.S.A. - - Tel: +1-617-252-5636 - Fax: +1-617-252-9150 - E-mail: <info@basistech.com> - Web: http://www.basistech.com - -Technical Expertise: - Multilingual software development - Internationalization and localization of software products - International character encodings, including Unicode, ISO-10646, - ISO-2022, ISO-8859-n, JIS, KSC5601, BIG5, GB2312 - Translation of technical materials into Japanese, Korean, and Chinese - including HTML, SGML, RTF, MIF, etc. - -GNU-related Services: - Custom internationalization and localization of GNU software, or - applications developed using GNU tools (GCC, G++, Emacs Lisp, etc.) - Custom multilingual application development based on MULE. - -GNU Contributions: - Organized 1992, 1993, and 1994 fund-raising seminars and lecture - tours for FSF in Japan. - Negotiated book royalty agreements with Japanese publishers on - behalf of the FSF. - Negotiated hardware contributions from Japanese PC vendors to - the FSF. - -Contacts: - Carl Hoffman, Steve Cohen, or Karen Watts - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Laurent Bernardin -16, rue Dicks -L-6944 Niederanven -Luxemburg -<bernardin@inf.ethz.ch> -+41 1 632 7469 - -Support and installation of all GNU software. - -Expertise: C, C++, Java, Motif, X, Unix administration, network security - -Rates: ~60 US$ / hour (Flux 2000.-) - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Paul Black <paulb@triode.apana.org.au> -Sydney, Australia - - I am available for general consulting on GNU software. My specific -areas of interest are: - - general C, C++, ADA and APL programming - - Gnu/unix utilities - - Troff - - Real Time Software - - Linux - - IP Comms, SMTP, NNTP, HTTP and WWW - - Simulation - -I am happy to provide free consulting/services if the work is of the order of -a couple of hours. If more time is required, I am happy to negotiate depending -on the nature of the work, my indicative rate is $40 per hour. - -Entered: 1996-07-10 - -Keith Bostic - - I'm interested in supporting/extending the ex/vi editors, - which I wrote. On-site or by email, rates are based on the - project. <bostic@cs.berkeley.edu> - -Entered: 1996-07-15 - -Philip Brown -<phil@mitre.org> -(703) 893-8967 (prefer email) -Northern-VA, D.C. Area -Rates: $40/Hr; less for educational or charitable organizations - -Systems Supported: - HP9000/7xx running HP/UX 8.07 - 10.X - IBM RS6000 running AIX 3.2.X - Also SGI/Indy and Sun/Sparcs - -Software Supported: - Most all FSF (Gnu) software - esp. GCC, Emacs, Binutils, GS, etc... - -Statement: - I'd be more than happy to assist anyone in my area with acquiring, - installing, and configuring any FSF tools/utilities on any of the - above systems. I'm also willing to work with other UNIX systems not - listed above. In addition, I'd be happy to share my many years of - experience with anyone having difficulty using or configuring these - tools. I've been installing and using them for about 5 years now - and I'll swear by their quality and the people/principles that made - them available. - - - Phil Brown - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -James Craig Burley -97 Arrowhead Circle -Ashland, MA 01721-1987 -508 881-6087, -4745 -(Please call only between 0900-1700 Eastern time, and only if you -are prepared to hire me -- ask me to help you for free only -via email, to which I might or might not respond.) -Email: <burley@gnu.ai.mit.edu> --preferred-- - <burley@cygnus.com> - <burley@world.std.com> - -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 -- willing to consider flat-fee arrangements - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu> -Becket House -66 Highland Ave. No. 8 -Somerville, MA 02143 -(617) 623-0654 - - -All GNU software: Installation, customization, answering simple or - complex questions, bug fixing, extension. - -Experience: I have done Unix and GNU programming for several years, - I am the primary author of the Hurd (which provides most - kernel related facilities for the GNU OS). - -I am easily available in the Cambridge/Boston area; work via email. -I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs. - -Rates: $100/hr, negotiable, less for non-profit organizaions. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - - C2V Michel Delval <mfd@ccv.fr> - 82 bd Haussmann Jean-Alain Le Borgne <jalb@ccv.fr> - 75008 Paris - France - Tel (33 1) 40.08.07.07 - Fax (33 1) 43.87.35.99 - Compuserve 100413,1012 - http://c2v.com - - 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. - - Experience: adapted gcc, gas and binutils to work as cross-development - tools for the Thomson D950 DSP chip: GCC parser and typing system - have been augmented to allow the manipulation of variables located in - separated memory spaces. Porting on new platforms, and professionally - developing software with the GNU tools in the Unix/X11 environment - since they were first available. - - Rates: from 2000 FF/day to 150 000 FF/year, 40% discount for - educational institutions, add taxes and expenses. Ask for list. - -Updated: 1997-05-09 - -Bruce Dawson - <jbd@codemeta.com> -CodeMeta, Inc. -Epping, NH USA -800-468-8750 - -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: 1997-05-09 - -Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc@dOink.COM> - - - I can help folks with porting & installation of many GNU - and X packages on a variety of Unix platforms. - - - My rates depend on the scope of each project but range - from $35 to $90 per hour. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Couvares Consulting -211 W. Gilman St., Suite 3W -Madison, WI 53703 USA -Phone: (608) 256-6201 -EMail: <couvares@family.hampshire.edu> -Contact: Peter F. Couvares - -Type of support: We offer phone/email support, installation, ongoing - administration, training, programming, and specialized consulting for - free software and other UNIX systems. - -Sample prices: USD75/hour commercial, 40/hour nonprofit, sliding scale -for individuals. - -Updated: 1996-12-04 - -Stuart Cracraft <cracraft@ai.mit.edu> -25682 Cresta Loma -Laguna Niguel, CA, 92677, USA -GNUline: 714-308-7900 -Website: http://www.earthlink.net/~cracraft/index.html -Rate: $90/hour -Consultation topics: -Entire GNU suite - porting, compilation, installation, -user-training, administrator-training -Method: telephone line support, call-in via modem to your site, -work over the Internet, or in-person visit. - -Experience: supporting GNU since the mid-1980's, coordinator -of GNU Chess (original author), GNU Shogi, GNU Go. Ported GNU Emacs -to Solaris (System V Release 4). Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, Perl, -Expect, Oracle, Informix, SunOS, Solaris, NIS, NFS. - -Customized programming also available. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Noel Cragg <noel@cyclic.com> -6244 Aberdeen Av -Goleta CA 93117 -805-899-4695 - -I'll do installation, debugging, and extension of GNU tools on a -contract basis. CVS and configuration management are my current -specialties. Rate: $75/hour or per-project negotiated fee. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Cygnus Solutions -<info@cygnus.com> -1325 Chesapeake Terrace -Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA -+1 408 542 9600 voice -+1 408 542 9699 fax -Web Site: http://www.cygnus.com - - -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 contacts: - - Kathy Powers - ph: +1-206-888-6002 - fx: +1-206-888-6145 - email: <kpowers@cygnus.com> - - - Erik Westcott - ph: +1 408 542 9637 - fx: +1 408 542 9699 - email: <westcott@cygnus.com> -Updated: 1997-05-23 - -Marcus G. Daniels <marcusd@gnu.ai.mit.edu> -31060 S. Kaufman Rd. <marcus@tdb.com> -Canby, OR 97013-9520 <marcus@sysc.pdx.edu> -(503) 651-2694 - -I can customize, extend, port, and repair many types of free software. -I maintain the CLISP Common Lisp implementation and contribute to -several GNU packages (e.g. Emacs). Ten years of C and Unix -experience. Consulting rates start at $40 US/hr. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Edgar Der-Danieliantz (Danielyan) <edd@acm.org> -P.O. Box 10 FAX +374 2 28 50 82 -Yerevan 375009 -ARMENIA - - Support for GCC, X Window System, WWW, Tcl/Tk, logic programming, - Internet security, TCP/IP. - - Experience: - OS's: 4.4BSD, SVR4.2, FreeBSD, SCO, Solaris, UnixWare. - Languages: C, C++, Objective C, Pascal, Tcl/Tk, Perl, Prolog - Platforms: Intel, SPARC, Mac, VAX, NeXT. - - Rates: Depending on type of work, approx. $20/hour. Contact for more - information. - Negotiable for individuals and non-profit organizations. - FREE for individuals who can't pay. Your 'Thanks!' just enough! :-) - Payment by international wire transfer or check. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Echo Labs <echo@iinet.net.au> -29 Weld St, http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/ -Nedlands, WA 6009 -Perth, Australia -+61 (0) 41 985 9603 - -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 area, any -GNU/freeware software will be supported. - -For further details see: http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/ - -Experience: 12+ years C/Unix, Sun, SCO, Linux, Win/NT. - Systems programming, device drivers, hardware interfacing. - GNU tools/utilities, - Embedded & realtime systems, software, firmware, hardware. - Communications protocols and implementation. - -Degrees: BAppSc (CS), Curtin University, Perth - -Rates: AUS $50-75/hr neg. - -Updated: 1997-05-09 - -Free Software Association of Germany -Michaela Merz -Heimatring 19 -6000 Frankfurt/Main 70 -phone: (+49 69) 6312083) -ert : (+49-172-6987246) -email: (info@elara.fsag.de) - -Supporting all kinds of freeware (i.e. GNU), freeware development, consulting, -training, installation. Special LINUX support group. - -RATES: - -Companies and for profit -organizations : 100 US$ / hour -Private and not-for-profit -organizations : 40 US$ / hour -ert (24h Emergency -response team) : 300 US$ / hour - -Entered: 1994-04-14 - -Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu> -1111 W. El Camino Real #109-331 -Sunnyvale, CA 94087 -(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 administrator. -FSF employee Feb 1991--Sep 1994. - -I can perform installation, porting, and enhancement of all GNU software -and any other free software, including the Linux kernel; system design and -administration for unix-type systems and IP networks; and I am willing to -provide handholding for shell programming, Emacs Lisp development, and -version control systems such as RCS and CVS. - -Fees negotiable, averaging $75-$100/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: 1997-05-08 - -Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@monkeys.com> -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: 1997-05-07 - -Michael P. Deignan -Ideamation, Inc. -136 Nelson Street -Providence, RI 02908 -(401) 331-3708 -(401) 272-6449 fax. - -Rate: Varies depending on complexity of task. - Hourly and fixed-rate contracts are available. -Programs Supported: All - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Interactive Information Limited - -Interactive Information Limited is an Edinburgh-based company that -specialises in WWW services and support for using the Internet for -marketing. - -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: <enquire@interactive.co.uk> - by phone: 0370 30 40 52 (UK) - (+44) 370 30 40 52 (International) - by post: 3, Lauriston Gardens, - Edinburgh EH3 9HH - Scotland - -Entered: 1997-05-09 - -Scott D. Kalter <sdk@twinsun.com> -2032 Corral Canyon -Malibu, CA 90265-9503 -Home: (310) 456-0254 - -Very familiar with all levels of Elisp programming. Taught Emacs use -and customization in universities and industry. Extensive -troubleshooting and user support experience. Co-developed an -object-oriented extension to Elisp (Eoops) that can be used for -projects. Extensive Elisp level modification for rapid prototyping of -designs used in groupware research. This includes the development of -an infrastructure to support multiple, communicating Emacs processes. - -Prefer e-mail communication to telephone calls. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Kaman Sciences Corporation -Griffiss Business & Technology Park -775 Daedalian Drive -Rome, NY 13441-4909 -(315) 334-4900 - -CONTACTS: - Dennis Fitzgerald <dfitzgerald@rome.kaman.com> - Tom Robbins <trobbins@rome.kaman.com> - -Kaman Sciences has performed a GNU port for a custom RISC processor. -We have experience in the definition and description of the machine -register transfer language to the GNU tool-set. This includes rewriting -and modification of the necessary description and source files of gcc, gas, -and gld and other binutils. Kaman also has services for installation and -setup of GNU tools, (GAWK, GCC, EMACS, etc.) on Sun workstations. - -Work is on a "service contract" basis and development is charged either -hourly or as a fixed price contract. - -Consulting rates: $70 to $175 per hour. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Ehud Karni <kehud@simonwiesel.net.il> - -I am an UNIX system programmer. My skills include writing in C and scripts. - -In the GNU domain, I consider myself an expert on Emacs. I have written several -packages in emacs-lisp (.el) including: better Hebrew support, another marking -system, emulation for CDC full screen editor (FSE), COBOL mode, mathematical -expression computing, and enhancements to vc.el (customization) and to ange-ftp -(added Novell and NT operating systems). - I have installed and tested Emacs and my el's on several machines: DG, -HP, Alpha (OSF) and PC (DOS). - I installed and worked with several other GNU packages - RCS, Gmake, GCC -and more, but I'm not an expert in these packages. - -I work in Israel and my normal rate is $40 per hour. - -Entered: 1996-07-15 - -Joseph R. Kiniry <kiniry@cs.caltech.edu> -Caltech Mailstop 256-80 http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~kiniry/ -Pasadena, CA 91125 <jrk@metagenesis.com> -Phone: 818-395-4840 -Fax: 818-792-4257 - -Long-term high-level consultant in a variety of domains. See -http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~kiniry/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 object technologies. - -Time and material rates for local work vary regionally, but are -currently $250 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: 1997-05-07 - -Bradley M. Kuhn -<bkuhn@acm.org> -http://www.smart.net/~bkuhn - -I am available for primarily Unix system administration consulting, including -but not limited to installation, configuration and integration of GNU tools -and other copy-lefted software such as GNU/Linux. - -I am particularly skilled at end-user hand-holding and assisting in the -integration of GNU and other copy-lefted software into new environments that -have not used such tools in the past. - -Please visit my homepage for more information on my background and skills. - -I am available for both 1099 (preferred) and W2 on-site contracting in the -Baltimore, MD metropolitan area, as well as remote consulting via dialup or -Internet connection anywhere in the US. - -My rate is in the $40/hour range, depending on the circumstances. Rates for -non-profit organizations are substantially lower, and possibly free. - -Updated: 1996-12-31 - -Fen Labalme <fen@comedia.com> -CoMedia Consulting http//www.comedia.com/comedia/ -40 Carl Street #4 WE ARE EVERYWHERE -San Francisco CA 94117 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: $75 hour & up, depending; flat rate jobs considered. - Lower rates, barter or free for selected non-profits. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -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 <grog@lemis.com> - -Services: Supply, porting, installation, consultation on all GNU -products. - -Experience: 20 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 120 per hour or hotline rates AUD 2.50 DM 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: 1997-05-09 - -Rohan Lenard <rjl@wr.com.au> -32 Holtermann St. -Crows Nest, NSW 2065 -AUSTRALIA -+61 411250024 - -* The human face behind the bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu mailing list - known - in the past as <rjl@iassf.easams.com.au> and <rjl@ot.com.au> - now - known as <rjl@wr.com.au>. - -* Interested in providing first line support and development. - -Experience: 10+ years C/Unix, 6+ years C++ - Extensive experience with GNU tools, cross-compilers, - embedded/hosted systems, realtime, simulations, - and military software. - -Degrees: BSc (CS), BE (Comms), University of Melbourne - -Rates: AUS $75+/hr neg. - -Updated: 1997-05-17 - -Reuven M. Lerner <reuven@netvision.net.il> -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.netvision.net.il/php/reuven - -- 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 educational institutions. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -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 (10) 222 64 05 -e-mail: <levitte@lp.se> - -What I do: - Primarly 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 extention 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: 1997-05-08 - -Lexa Software info@lexa.com -1590 The Alameda, Suite 102 -San Jose, CA 95126 - -+1 800 278-2040 -+1 408 278-2043 voice -+1 408 278-2045 fax - -http://www.lexa.com - -Lexa Software provides support for GNU C/C++ including the GNU debugger -and linker. Lexa has extensive experience supporting GCC/G++ on SNI -and Pyramid as well as all other MIPS ABI platforms. We offer support -to 2, 5, 25 and larger number of users via phone, email, ftp. - -Updated: 1997-05-01 - -Gord Matzigkeit <gord@gnu.ai.mit.edu> -2220 Capitol Hill Crescent http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/~gord/ -Calgary, Alberta T2M 4B9 Voice: (403) 282-1387 -CANADA FAX: (403) 284-0137 - -I will help install badly-behaved source code packages, and have experience -fixing them to conform to GNU standards. I will gladly help novices and -intermediate computer users to understand, install, 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 do not want to -solve your problem myself. - -I have installed and administered free and proprietary systems in home, -academic, and business environments. I have practical experience in most -aspects of Unix and network security. I know how to diagnose a complex -existing computer system and incrementally replace it with a superior free -system without disrupting service. - -I have over 2 years of experience with several of the major free OSes: -Linux/GNU (Red Hat, Debian, Slackware), NetBSD, FreeBSD, and GNU/Hurd. I am -the maintainer of GNU Libtool and GNU DLD. Some of my specialties are: -Emacs, Automake, Autoconf, SANE, C, Perl, and shell script programming. - -My rates start at $10 (Canadian dollars) per hour. When I am not starving, I -do not charge worthy non-profit organizations. - -Updated: 1997-05-08 - -Andrew McCallum -6623 Dalzell Place -Pittsburgh, PA 15217 -Home: (412) 422-0688 -<mccallum@cs.cmu.edu> -http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/mccallum - -Services: Support, enhancements, new development in: - GNU Objective C - GNUstep, both graphical and non-graphical. - GNUstep Base Library: libgnustep-base - (especially Distributed Objects) - Interface between Objective-C and Guile or TCL: libguileobjc. - -Experience: 10+ years of UNIX experience. - Programming for NeXTSTEP since version 0.8, 1988. - MA and PhD in Computer Science. - Extensive work on GNU Objective C Runtime. - Author of GNUstep Base Library, including Distributed Objects - FSF Chief Maintainer of the GNUstep Project. - Contributor to GCC, Emacs, Guile. - C, Objective-C, Postscript, Scheme, Lisp, ELisp, Linux. - English and Francais. - -Rates: $90-$150 / hour, negotiable, depending on many variables. - -Updated: 1997-05-07 - -Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no> -P.O. Box 1570 Vika http://www.naggum.no -0118 OSLO phone: +47 8800 8879 -NORWAY NIC handle: EN9 - -Background: I have extensive experience with programming under Unix, in C -in particular (since 1983), with standards and specifications for Internet -protocols (since 1987), International Standards for character sets and -encoding schemes (since 1988), ISO 8879 SGML (since 1990, national head of -delegation to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 18/WG 8 since 1991), and ANSI X3.226 Common -Lisp (since early 1994). I have been an Emacs user and programmer from -1984 to 1987 (TOPS-20) and from 1991 to present (Unix). since early 1994, -I have worked on GNU Emacs development, in both Lisp and C, and since mid -1995, I have been tracking the development code. - -Services I offer the free software community include supporting Emacs users -and programmers with expert advice (gratis on USENET or mailing lists where -others may benefit), customizing and writing Emacs functions and packages, -delivering courses and seminars from tutorials to writing Emacs Lisp and C -extensions, and providing general aid with all GNU software. - -My standard rate is a flat USD 80 per hour or USD 2 per minute (you decide -which time unit to apply), but to offset the cost of processing money, the -minimum credit card charge is USD 100 and the minimum invoiced amount is -USD 250. Discounts are available to worthy causes -- present your case. -Time away from home is billed at USD 40 per hour around the clock to -encourage remote work. (Courses and seminars are negotiated individually.) - -Please call only about actual work, I prefer mail for all other questions. - -Updated: 1997-07-18 - -NET-Community <sales@net-community.com> -522 SW 5th Avenue http://www.net-community.com -Suite 1105 -Portland, OR 97204 USA -1-800-919-0060 voice -1-503-274-4423 voice -1-503-274-5406 fax - -NET-Community provides support for the complete GNUstep toolset -including the Objective-C runtime within GCC, the GNUstep Base Library, -the Display Ghostscript system, the GNUstep GUI Library, the GNUstep -X/DPS GUI Backend, and the GNUstep Database Library. NET-Community also -provides support for its own MediaBook software including the MediaBook -Random Library and the MediaBook Speech Synthesis Library. -NET-Community actively supports and develops free software on all -GNUstep platforms; a portion of the proceeds, usually 20%, generated -from CD-ROM sales go towards additional development and enhancement of -GNUstep. - -Updated: 1997-05-12 - - Open Systems Consultants a.s - St. Olavsgt. 24 - N-0166 OSLO - NORWAY - -Phone: Fax: - +47 22 20 40 50 +47 22 20 02 85 - -Web: E-mail: - http://www.osc.no <gnu-support@osc.no> - -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. No phone support. - -Updated: 1997-05-08 - -Francesco Potorti` <F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it> -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: 1997-05-08 - -Dipl.-Inform. Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@progis.de> -proGIS Software -Jakobstr. 117 -D-52064 Aachen -Germany -http://www.progis.de -Tel +49 241 470670 -Fax +49 241 4706729 - -- 15 years C/Unix experience -- 6 years VMS experience -- Ported BFD library, Binutils, GNU Assembler, GNU C, GNU C++, - GNU C++ libraries, and GNU Make to openVMS/Alpha. - -We do a lot of cross-platform (Unix-VMS-WindowsNT) development -mostly with the GNU compiler environment. We are actively -supporting GNU software on openVMS/Alpha. - -Rates start at 160.- DM / hour for support and -installation. Larger projects are negotiable. - -Updated: 1997-05-08 - -Quiotix Corporation -Menlo Park, CA - -Contact: Jeffrey Siegal - jbs@quiotix.com - 415 324-0535 - -Area of focus: Embedded systems--using GNU software to develop for -embedded systems, 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. - -Services: porting, development, support, project management, advisory -consulting. - -Rates: $125-$250/hour or fixed fees depending on services provided. - -Updated: 1997-05-16 - -Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com> -47 Esparito Ave. -Fremont, CA 94539-3827 -(510) 659-9757 - -Anything, (lisp, C, customization, porting, installing) I have -written thousands of lines of GNU Emacs C and Lisp code. Original -author of the floating point additions in Emacs 19. - -Rates: $95/hr. - -Updated: 1997-05-08 - -Stanislav Shalunov - -Email: shalunov@mccme.ru -Phones: on request - -Installing, configuring, helping learn any free software. -Handholding, trouble shooting. Making custom changes to free -software written in C. Teaching, lecturing, consulting. - -Want to have a free OS with free software serving your needs but do -not want to spend time yourself or not very skilled with the -computers? Cannot decide which free software suits your needs -better? Drop me a line. - -Well, essentially, anything else on special request. :-) - -Rate: $30/hour if you are in Moscow and I am there when you request -job done, $50 if the job may be done remotely (like configuring user -level program), $60/hour + travel expenses otherwise. (Negotiable, -significant discounts may apply.) - -Entered 1997-07-17 - -Vin Shelton -EtherSoft, Inc -617.924.6437 -<acs@acm.org> - -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 beta testing -team - I'm responsible for maintaining the version 19.15 patches and have -written a few small packages/lisp hacks. My rates vary from $60 - $100 per -hour, depending on the size of the project. - -Updated: 1997-05-09 - -Signum Support AB <info@signum.se> -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 administring the GNU programs -and Linux. - -Signum Support develops and markets the free GUI equiped 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 customers choise. - - Regular consulting. - -Rates: For software items, request our price list. - For consulting, 700-900 SEK/hour. - -Updated: 1997-05-12 - - Jon Solomon <jsol@gnu.ai.mit.edu> - 235 Main St., Apt 3C-1 - East Hartford, Conn. 06118 - +1 860 895-8289 - - Maintains all GNU software... Available for General Consulting - (contact me if you are interested)... - Sendmail a specialty... Can answer questions pertaining to the - installation, maintainence, 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... - -Updated: 1997-05-09 - -Name: Julian Stacey <jhs@freebsd.org> -Location: Munich Germany, & on the Internet. -Qualifications: University Degree, BSc Hons Computer & Cybernetics, 1980. -Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.260812 Data: +49.89.26023276 -Resume: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ -Time Zone: +01:00 -Rate: 130-170 DM/Hour. 2.7846 DM = 1 Pound = US $1.6332 -Commercial Independent Freelance Consultancy: - Any Unix (inc FreeBSD, Linux etc), C, X-Windows, FSF Tools, - Internet, Systems engineering, hardware interfacing, - real time, comms & scientific industrial, even Cyrillic & - Chinese interfaces etc. No Emacs. No Cobol. -Free Sources: FSF, FreeBSD & NetBSD CVS & current (daily!) & releases, - X-Windows, XFree86, Free dial in soon (details on web). - Media Copy Charge ~DM 100 QIC 1/4" 525M, 150M, & 60M; & CAS-60M. -Free GCC-1.40 For Symmetric Computer Systems Model 375 (native cc is broken). -Languages: Deutsch & Francais - Man kann mir in Deutsch schreiben, (oder mich anrufen). - Je comprend Francais, mais je n'ecris pas des responses en Fr. -! NO FREE HELP ! - - The Free Software Foundation do not pay me. - - I earn my living from professional consultancy fees. - - Though I write code for public domain ... - - I will Not solve stranger's complex problems for free ! -WHEN CONTACTING ME, DO THIS :- - 1) Tell me Immediately, Are You: - A) Expecting to pay my bill for professional consultancy. - B) Seeking a few minutes advice free of charge. - 2) Give me your email adddress, or that of a friend. - or Volunteer to phone back ~ 5 days later to collect follow-up - info. from the net. (No I will not incur bills phoning you back). - 3) Speak English if you want free advice ! I speak German, & - listen in French, but if you're not paying, make some effort too ! - -Updated: 1997-05-15 - -Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu> -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: 1997-05-09 - -Kayvan Sylvan <kayvan@sylvan.com> -Sylvan Associates -879 Lewiston Drive -San Jose, CA 95136-1517 -Phone: (408) 978-1407 -Fax: (408) 978-1417 - -I will help you port, install and customize GNU Emacs, GCC, G++, -bison, and other GNU tools on almost any architechture 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: 1997-05-09 - -TerraTel AB <info@netg.se> -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: 1997-05-12 - -Jonathan Thornburg / BKIS Consulting -E-mail: <bkis@island.net> (preferred way to contact me) -Postal: Box 8-7, Thetis Island BC V0R 2Y0, Canada -Phone: (250) 246-3640 (somewhat unreliable) - -* B.Sc (Honors 1st Class) in Math+Physics+CS, M.Sc and Ph.D in Astronomy -* 20+ years computing experience using a wide range of software and - hardware environments - -* Very fluent in C (15+ years experience) -* Fluent in C++, Perl, sh, csh, Awk, Fortran, PL/I, Pascal, APL, Lisp, - Basic, Maple, Reduce, various machine languages -* Very fluent (10+ years experience) in general Unix toolset and programming -* Good knowledge (4+ years experience) of Unix system administration - (SunOS, Linux, SGI) -* Strong background (both theory and practical experience) in Unix/network - security, computer graphics, X and Motif GUI programming -* Good general knowledge of Unix (kernel) internals and device drivers -* Very fluent in LaTeX, TeX, also HTML, HTTP, and CGI programming -* Member of Usenix (professional and technical Unix association) and - SAGE (system administrator's guild) - -* Very strong background (extensive experience) in numerical analysis -* Strong backgrounds in hardware architecture, microprogramming, - programming language implementation, compiler theory, data structures, - OS design and internals, networking, symbolic manipulation, AI - -I'm available for Unix-based contract programming, software installation, -and/or general system administration. My recent projects include several -20K-50K 50K line C/Maple/Awk scientific applications, several small (1K line) -Perl/Awk text processors and "system glue" CGI programs, finding and fixing -bugs in a (free) 50K line graphics package, and a partially completed project -to port (really rewrite) the GUI of a 50K line C++ Netscape plugin from -Win32 to Unix/X/Motif. - -Unless otherwise required by a client, all the software I write is covered -by the GNU Public License. My basic rate is Can$50/hour for work I can do -remotely over the Internet, more for on-site work, less for selected -non-profit organizations. - -Updated: 1997-05-19 - -Leonard H. Tower Jr. <tower@prep.ai.mit.edu> -36 Porter Street -Somerville, MA 02143 -USA -+1-617-623-7739 - -Will work on most GNU software. -Installation, handholding, trouble shooting, extensions, teaching. - -Rates: $ 150.00/hour + travel expenses. 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: 1997-05-24 - -noris network GmbH -Matthias Urlichs -Schleiermacherstrasse 12 -90491 Nuernberg -Germany -Phone: +49 911 59818-0 -Fax: +49 911 59818-11 -<info@noris.de> -http://info.noris.de/ (German) - -Expertise: - OS internals, esp. Linux and BSD, esp. device drivers - Network protocol / program design and coding - Utilities coding and maintainance - Program debugging, testing - User interface design and testing - Several programming and tool languages - -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 110 (~$70) per hour - Support contracts start at DM 170/month + DM 30/supported system. - Willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs. - Rates don't include taxes. - -Updated: 1996-07-05 - -Paul C.A. van Gool - <P.vanGool@LR.TUDelft.NL> - -Address: Faculty of Aerospace Engineering - Delft University of Technology - Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft - The Netherlands - -Phone: +31-15-2785370 -Fax : +31-15-2786480 - -I would like to provide unpaid support for the following things: - -- C -- C++ -- f2c -- compilation and installation of most GNU packages - -Updated: 1997-05-12 - -Arne Wichmann - -EMail: <aw@math.uni-sb.de> -Telephone on request. - -I support GNU software on the following platforms: - -Linux -SunOS 4.X 5.X -HPUX 9.X -other platforms on request. - -Usual rates: 20DM per hour. Free support for private people as time -permits. - -Updated: 1997-05-16 - -Jody Winston -xprt Computer Consulting, Inc. -731 Voyager -Houston, TX, 77058 -(281) 480-UNIX, <jody@sccsi.com> - -We have supported, installed, and used the entire GNU software suite -for over 8 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: 1997-05-12 - -Lige Zhou -Consultant -Open Technologies Corporation -Sun Lotus Bldg. 2nd Floor -2-9-1 Chuou, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164 Japan -Tel: +81-3-3365-2911 Fax: +81-3-3365-2920 -E-mail: <zhou@opentech.co.jp> - -My profile is listed at: http://www.opentech.co.jp/~zhou/ - -I have two years of experience porting and supporting GNU C Compiler and -GNU Assember at the Wingnut project of SRA, Inc., Tokyo. - -I can provide free consultation on these products if the problem is not -time-consuming. - -Updated: 1996-12-04 - - -For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask: - gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu - -** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical ** |