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diff --git a/gcc/SERVICE b/gcc/SERVICE new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..786d4768c68 --- /dev/null +++ b/gcc/SERVICE @@ -0,0 +1,1460 @@ + -*- 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 ** |