-*- 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@gnu.org ** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical ** Alc?ve <infos@alcove.fr> 12 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 Alc?ve 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. Rates approximately 3000FF per day, depending on the job. Updated: 1998-09-09 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 <joe@arceneaux.com> 307 Chattanooga St. http://www.arceneaux.com San Francisco, CA 94114 +1 415 648 9988 I am a former FSF staffmember who made Wells Fargo Bank the first bank to provide secure banking over the Internet. I have 20 years experience with various computer systems. I performed the X11 implementation of Emacs version 19, and designed and implemented WYSIWYG features of Emacs. I also installed and administered FSF network. Maintainer of GNU indent. I provide installation, porting, debugging and customization or development of GNU and other software. I also design and implement free software projects and consult on software engineering, security, and intranet design. Time and material rates around $150 USD per hour, depending upon the particular job. I am also very interested in fixed-bid jobs. For selected non-profit organizations with worthy goals, I work for free. Updated: 1998-06-24 Dipl.-Inform. Gerd Aschemann <Aschemann@Informatik.TU-Darmstadt.de> Osannstr. 49 D-64285 Darmstadt Tel.: +49 6151 16 2259 http://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/VS/Mitarbeiter/Aschemann/ - System Administrator (UNIX and NT) at CS Department, TU Darmstadt, Germany - 18 years working in the CS field, System administration on different platforms - 12 years with UNIX/Networking/FreeWare/GNU/X11 - 9 years courses on Operating Systems and Distributed Systems - Lectures on System and Network Administration - Platforms: Solaris, Linux, SunOS, Ultrix, HP-UX, Digital Unix, AIX, SCO, FreeBSDs - Distributed Platforms and Information Systems (CORBA, WWW, Java) - Experience with parallel environments (Connection Machine, Meiko, Parsytec) - Consultant Rates are at 150,-- DM (~85 US$) per hour minimum, depending on the job. I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs. Updated: 1998-07-23 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: 1998-07-23 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: 1998-07-23 Dean Brettle Computer Consulting <dean@brettle.com> 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 $65.00/hr to $72.50/hr USD, depending upon work location. I am also willing to work on fixed price contracts. Updated: 1998-07-07 Philip Brown <phil@mitre.org> (703) 893-8967 (prefer email) Northern-VA, D.C. Area (world-wide via internet) Rates: $45/Hr + extra for site visit; less for educational or charitable organizations Systems Supported: Sun boxes running Solaris 2.5-up HP9000s running HP/UX 8.07 - 10.X IBM RS6000 running AIX 3.2.X-up Also SGI/Indy Software Supported: Most all FSF (Gnu) software esp. GCC, GDB, Emacs, Binutils, GS, et al... 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'm glad 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: 1998-07-23 James Craig Burley 97 Arrowhead Circle Ashland, MA 01721-1987 (Email and postal mail contacts only, please.) Email: <craig@jcb-sc.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: 1999-02-01 Thomas Bushnell, BSG <thomas@gnu.org> 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 many 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 organizations. Updated: 1998-07-27 C2V Michel Delval <mfd@c2v.com> 82 bd Haussmann Jean-Alain Le Borgne <jalb@c2v.com> 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: <consult@c2v.com> 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: 1998-07-23 Bruce Dawson - <jbd@codemeta.com> 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: 1998-07-23 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 1312 Chandler St. Madison, WI 53715 Phone: (608) 256-6901 Email: <couvares@poboxes.com> Contact: Peter F. Couvares Type of support: We offer phone/email support, installation, systems integration, systems programming, training, and specialized consulting services for free software in UNIX and NT environments. Sample prices: USD100/hour commercial, 50/hour non-profit, sliding scale for individuals. Updated: 1998-07-23 Stuart Cracraft <cracraft@ai.mit.edu> P.O. Box 6752 Laguna Niguel, CA, 92607, USA Phone: 714-308-7900 Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~cracraft/index.html Rate: $50/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. Coordinator of the GNU mascots: GNU Chess, GNU Shogi, GNU Go. Updated: 1998-07-23 Noel Cragg <noel@cyclic.com> 6244 Aberdeen Av Goleta CA 93117 805-964-1892 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: 1998-07-22 Cygnus Solutions <info@cygnus.com> 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 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: 1997-09-02 by rms Marcus G. Daniels <marcusd@gnu.org> 1399 Hyde Park Road <mgd@santafe.edu> Santa Fe, NM 87501 <marcus@tdb.com> (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: 1998-07-22 DSS Distributed Systems Software, Inc. 7500 Abercrombie Dr., Suite 103 <dss@dss.bc.ca> 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 $85-$300 (Canadian dollars) per hour, plus applicable taxes. Fixed-cost projects are also possible. Updated: 1998-06-24 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 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, 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: 1998-07-23 Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk> Ford & Mason Ltd. http://www.ford-mason.co.uk/aford/ South Wing, Compton House Tel: +44 1531 829900 Compton Green, Redmarley Fax: +44 1531 829901 Gloucester, United Kingdom Experience: * 18 years in the computer industry * 14 years Unix/C programming experience * 10 years experience with GNU software * 4 years web experience (author of the first book about setting up a web site) Services offered: * Installing and customizing GNU and other free software * GNU Emacs customization and emacs lisp coding * Perl module development * TeX and LaTeX macro development * software development (especially in Perl, C, C++) * web site setup (with Apache) * web application development with mod_perl * translation (German -> English) * writing documentation Rates: around 60 pounds/hour (approx US$80/hour) plus expenses less for charities and non-profit organization Updated: 1998-06-24 Free Software Association of Germany Michaela Merz Heimatring 19 6000 Frankfurt/Main 70 phone: (+49 69) 6312083) ert : (+49-172-6987246) email: (info@elara.fsag.de) Supporting all kinds of freeware (i.e. GNU), freeware development, consulting, training, installation. Special LINUX support group. RATES: Companies and for profit organizations : 100 US$ / 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@splode.com> 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: 1998-06-24 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: 1998-07-10 Kevin Harris <gordie@cyberramp.net> Dallas, Texas USA Entire GNU suite - porting, compilation, installation and maintenance Platforms: Any unix variant (AIX, *BSD, Digital Unix, HP/UX, GNU/Linux, Solaris, SunOS, et al) Method: Call-in via modem to your site, telnet, or on-site. Rates: US $0-75/hour depending upon client requirements Note: If you are an individual installing GNU software on your personal Linux system, or are a non-profit organization, my hourly rate for you is simple: FREE. You just have to pay for the phone calls and/or travel/lodging, if any is required. Experience: I've used, supported and maintained GNU software on numerous unix systems since 1989. I have extensive experience in C, Emacs Lisp, Perl and general unix systems. Updated: 1998-06-24 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: 1998-07-23 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: <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 Updated: 1998-07-24 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 Joseph R. Kiniry <kiniry@cs.caltech.edu> Caltech Mailstop 256-80 http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~kiniry/ Pasadena, CA 91125 <jrk@metagenesis.com> Phone: 626-395-4840 Fax: 626-792-4257 Long-term high-level consultant with four advanced degrees 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 systems and component/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: 1998-08-27 Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@ebb.org> http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn I am available for Unix 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. My rate varies greatly between $25-$40/hour, depending on the circumstances. Rates for non-profit organizations are substantially lower, and possibly free. Updated: 1998-09-12 Fen Labalme <fen@comedia.com> 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: 1998-06-24 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: 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: 1998-08-26 Alan Lehotsky <qsmgmt@tiac.net> 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. 4 years experience with GCC internals, including major changes to support 8 bit bytes on word-address SHARC DSP. References available Rates: $100/hr fixed price possible for well-defined deliverables Updated: 1998-06-24 Rohan Lenard <rjl@wr.com.au> 32 Holtermann St. Crows Nest, NSW 2065 AUSTRALIA +61 411250024 * The human face behind the bug-g++@gnu.org 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: 1998-06-24 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: 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: 1997-05-08 Sean Levy <attila@StAlphonsos.COM> 352 Roup Ave http://www.StAlphonsos.COM/~attila/ Pittsburgh, PA 15232 +1.412.361.7802 USA I have been a professional hacker for over 15 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: 1998-06-24 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.org> #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 3 years of experience with several of the major free OSes: Linux/GNU (Red Hat, Debian, Slackware), 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 $10-$40 (Canadian) per hour. Updated: 1998-10-19 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 Mark P. Mitchell <mmitchell@usa.net> 3421 El Camino Real #35 Atherton, CA 94027 (650) 364-5360 http://home.earthlink.net/~mbmitchell/consulting.html Experience ---------- I am an experienced software engineer, with particular expertise in the field of programming tools. I am responsible for the implementation of member templates in currently available versions of G++ as well as many other G++ bug-fixes, and continue to work actively on improving G++. I am willing to work on any and all projects involving free software. Please see my resume at the above URL for further information on my experience and qualifications. Rates ----- My standard rate is $125/hr, but I am willing to negotiate flat fees, and discounts for deserving organizations. Updated: 1998-02-13 NET-Community <scottc@net-community.com> 526 NW 21st, #48 http://www.net-community.com Portland, OR 97209 USA 1-503-279-8845 voice 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: 1998-09-08 Thi Nguyen <ttn@netcom.com> 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 customizations - 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: 1998-06-24 Peter Olsen P.O. Box 410 Simpsonville, MD 21150 pcolsen@acm.org 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, Java, and Smalltalk. 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: 1998-06-24 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 <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. Phone support is available only for customers with support contracts. Updated: 1998-08-26 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: 1998-08-26 Dipl.-Inform. Klaus K?mpf <kkaempf@rmi.de> L?hnerstrasse 14 D-90491 N?rnberg Germany - 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. 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: 1998-08-26 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 781.488.5135 <acs@alumni.princeton.edu> 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 $60 - $100 per hour, depending on the size of the project. Updated: 1998-06-24 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 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: 1997-05-12 Jon Solomon <jsol@gnu.org> 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, 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... 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 address, 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.org> 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 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: 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 General 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@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. 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: 1998-02-10 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 maintenance 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 150 (~$85) per hour Support contracts start at DM 220/month + DM 30/supported system. Willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs. Rates don't include taxes. Updated: 1997-08-04 Paul C.A. van Gool <vangool@fel.tno.nl> Address: Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research Physics and Electronics Laboratory PO Box 96864, 2509 JG the Hague The Netherlands Phone: +31-70-3740260 Fax : +31-70-3740652 I would like to provide unpaid support for the following things: - C - C++ - f2c - compilation and installation of most GNU packages Updated: 1998-06-24 Joel N. Weber II 185 Lowell St #2 Somerville, MA 02144-2629 devnull@gnu.org 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. 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 Assembler 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@gnu.org ** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical **