5 This is a list of people who have asked to be listed as offering
6 support services for GNU software, including GNU Emacs, for a fee
7 or in some cases at no charge.
9 The information comes from the people who asked to be listed;
10 we do not include any information we know to be false, but we
11 cannot check out any of the information; we are transmitting it to
12 you as it was given to us and do not promise it is correct.
13 Also, this is not an endorsement of the people listed here.
14 We have no opinions and usually no information about the abilities of
15 any specific person. We provide this list to enable you to contact
16 service providers and decide for yourself whether to hire one.
18 Before FSF will list your name in the GNU Service Directory, we ask
19 that you agree informally to the following terms:
21 1. You will not restrict (except by copyleft) the use or distribution
22 of any software, documentation, or other information you supply anyone
23 in the course of modifying, extending, or supporting GNU software.
24 This includes any information specifically designed to ameliorate the
27 2. You will not take advantage of contact made through the Service
28 Directory to advertise an unrelated business (e.g., sales of
29 non-GNU-related proprietary information). You may spontaneously
30 mention your availability for general consulting, but you should not
31 promote a specific unrelated business unless the client asks.
33 Please include some indication of your rates, because otherwise users
34 have nothing to go by. Please put each e-mail address inside "<>".
35 Please put nothing else inside "<>". Thanks!
37 For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask:
40 ** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical **
42 Altrasoft <info@altrasoft.com>
43 4880 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 205
44 San Jose, CA 95129-1034
46 http://www.altrasoft.com
48 Altrasoft provides corporate-quality support, development and user
49 documentation for GNU Emacs, XEmacs and InfoDock. (InfoDock is a turnkey
50 information management and software development toolset built atop emacs,
51 written by one of our associates.) Emacs distributions for a variety of
52 platforms are also available, as is support for other emacs variants, such as
53 those often found on PCs.
55 Our unique focus on emacs-related work allows us to attract expert talent in
56 this area to keep you on the leading edge of productivity, especially if you
57 do software development work. We do the porting, patching, coding,
58 integrating, debugging, documenting and testing so that your people spend
59 much more productive time on their mainline tasks.
61 Standard support packages include help on all aspects of the packages
62 supported, including all tools shipped as a standard part of the original
63 package distribution. In general, we want to give you an unbelievably strong
64 level of support, so where we can, we will also answer questions concerning
65 any add-on Lisp code that is used at your site. Setup and customization
66 help, bug fixes, and announcements of new releases are, of course, included.
68 Support rates start at $1,500 USD, for single user support for one year.
69 Discounts are available for group contracts. We also offer Golden Support
70 contracts for those who need the absolute best in mission-critical support;
71 contact us for details. Hourly development rates and fixed bid work are
76 Magnus Alvestad <magnus@itanalyse.no>
78 GNU Emacs, GCC, the Unix tools, Linux, Jolt.
80 Rates: Free, or from $50/hour.
84 AO UrbanSoft <info@usoft.spb.su>
85 St. Petersburg State University Science Campus
86 St. Petersburg, Russia
89 AO UrbanSoft packages, markets and supports
90 industry standard free software products,
91 including the Linux operating system and
92 TeX document compiler.
93 The company also provides programming services
94 based on TeX, Tk, Python, HTML, Java, Perl and
97 Rates approximately 15 USD per hour.
101 Joseph Arceneaux <jla@ai.mit.edu>
102 PO Box 460633 http://www.samsara.com/~jla
103 San Francisco, CA 94146-0633
107 Recently led the project making Wells Fargo Bank the first to provide
108 secure customer account access over the Internet.
110 Former FSF staffmember. Performed X11 implementation of Emacs version
111 19, designed and implemented WYSIWYG Emacs. Installed and
112 administered FSF network. Maintainer of GNU indent. Over 15 years
113 experience with Unix and other systems, from writing ROM monitors to
114 UI design and system administration.
116 I provide installation, porting, debugging and customization or
117 development of GNU and other Unix software. I also design and
118 implement free software projects and consult on software engineering
119 and systems design. Handholding and teaching services are also
120 available as well as things like LAN and compute--infrastructure design.
122 Time and material rates around $150 USD per hour, depending upon the
123 particular job. I am also very interested in fixed-bid jobs. For
124 selected non-profit organizations with worthy goals, I work for free.
128 Gerd Aschemann <Aschemann@Informatik.TH-Darmstadt.de>
131 Tel.: +49 6151 16 2259
132 http://www.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~ascheman/
134 - System Administrator (UNIX) at CS Department, TU Darmstadt, Germany
135 - 17 years experience with CS, System administration on different platforms
136 - 10 years with UNIX/Networking/FreeWare/GNU/X11
137 - 8 years organizer of Operating Systems and Distributed Systems courses
138 - Lectures on System and Network Administration
139 - Platforms: Solaris, SunOS, Ultrix, OSF1, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, SCO
140 - Distributed Platforms and Information Systems (CORBA, WWW, Java, FTP)
141 - Experience with parallel environments (Connection Machine, Meiko, Parsytec)
144 Rates are at 130,-- DM (~80 US$) per hour minimum, depending on the job.
145 I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs.
150 Basis Technology Corp.
151 One Kendall Square, Bldg 200
157 E-mail: <info@basistech.com>
158 Web: http://www.basistech.com
161 Multilingual software development
162 Internationalization and localization of software products
163 International character encodings, including Unicode, ISO-10646,
164 ISO-2022, ISO-8859-n, JIS, KSC5601, BIG5, GB2312
165 Translation of technical materials into Japanese, Korean, and Chinese
166 including HTML, SGML, RTF, MIF, etc.
168 GNU-related Services:
169 Custom internationalization and localization of GNU software, or
170 applications developed using GNU tools (GCC, G++, Emacs Lisp, etc.)
171 Custom multilingual application development based on MULE.
174 Organized 1992, 1993, and 1994 fund-raising seminars and lecture
175 tours for FSF in Japan.
176 Negotiated book royalty agreements with Japanese publishers on
178 Negotiated hardware contributions from Japanese PC vendors to
182 Carl Hoffman, Steve Cohen, or Karen Watts
190 <bernardin@inf.ethz.ch>
193 Support and installation of all GNU software.
195 Expertise: C, C++, Java, Motif, X, Unix administration, network security
197 Rates: ~60 US$ / hour (Flux 2000.-)
201 Paul Black <paulb@triode.apana.org.au>
204 I am available for general consulting on GNU software. My specific
205 areas of interest are:
206 - general C, C++, ADA and APL programming
211 - IP Comms, SMTP, NNTP, HTTP and WWW
214 I am happy to provide free consulting/services if the work is of the order of
215 a couple of hours. If more time is required, I am happy to negotiate depending
216 on the nature of the work, my indicative rate is $40 per hour.
222 I'm interested in supporting/extending the ex/vi editors,
223 which I wrote. On-site or by email, rates are based on the
224 project. <bostic@cs.berkeley.edu>
230 (703) 893-8967 (prefer email)
231 Northern-VA, D.C. Area
232 Rates: $40/Hr; less for educational or charitable organizations
235 HP9000/7xx running HP/UX 8.07 - 10.X
236 IBM RS6000 running AIX 3.2.X
237 Also SGI/Indy and Sun/Sparcs
240 Most all FSF (Gnu) software
241 esp. GCC, Emacs, Binutils, GS, etc...
244 I'd be more than happy to assist anyone in my area with acquiring,
245 installing, and configuring any FSF tools/utilities on any of the
246 above systems. I'm also willing to work with other UNIX systems not
247 listed above. In addition, I'd be happy to share my many years of
248 experience with anyone having difficulty using or configuring these
249 tools. I've been installing and using them for about 5 years now
250 and I'll swear by their quality and the people/principles that made
260 Ashland, MA 01721-1987
262 (Please call only between 0900-1700 Eastern time, and only if you
263 are prepared to hire me -- ask me to help you for free only
264 via email, to which I might or might not respond.)
265 Email: <burley@gnu.ai.mit.edu> --preferred--
267 <burley@world.std.com>
270 Compiler Internals (author of GNU Fortran, for example)
271 Operating Systems Internals
272 Tools/Utilities Development and Maintenance
273 Microcode Development and Maintenance (primarily VLIW machines)
274 System Design (computers, operating systems, toolsets, &c)
275 Debugging (often asked to help debug Other People's Code)
276 Documentation (authored many books and ran a few doc projects)
277 Extensive experience with a variety of operating systems, hardware,
280 Rate: $100/hour -- willing to consider flat-fee arrangements
284 Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
286 66 Highland Ave. No. 8
291 All GNU software: Installation, customization, answering simple or
292 complex questions, bug fixing, extension.
294 Experience: I have done Unix and GNU programming for several years,
295 I am the primary author of the Hurd (which provides most
296 kernel related facilities for the GNU OS).
298 I am easily available in the Cambridge/Boston area; work via email.
299 I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs.
301 Rates: $100/hr, negotiable, less for non-profit organizaions.
305 C2V Michel Delval <mfd@ccv.fr>
306 82 bd Haussmann Jean-Alain Le Borgne <jalb@ccv.fr>
309 Tel (33 1) 40.08.07.07
310 Fax (33 1) 43.87.35.99
311 Compuserve 100413,1012
314 We offer source or source+binary distribution, installation, training,
315 maintenance, technical support, consulting, specific development and
316 followup on the GNU software development environment: Emacs, gcc/g++,
319 Experience: adapted gcc, gas and binutils to work as cross-development
320 tools for the Thomson D950 DSP chip: GCC parser and typing system
321 have been augmented to allow the manipulation of variables located in
322 separated memory spaces. Porting on new platforms, and professionally
323 developing software with the GNU tools in the Unix/X11 environment
324 since they were first available.
326 Rates: from 2000 FF/day to 150 000 FF/year, 40% discount for
327 educational institutions, add taxes and expenses. Ask for list.
331 Bruce Dawson - <jbd@codemeta.com>
336 Specializing in GNU tools such as guile, CVS, gnats, bash, gawk, fileutils...
342 o Modification and development.
346 Rate: $75/hour or per quote.
348 http://www.codemeta.com
352 Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc@dOink.COM>
355 I can help folks with porting & installation of many GNU
356 and X packages on a variety of Unix platforms.
359 My rates depend on the scope of each project but range
360 from $35 to $90 per hour.
365 211 W. Gilman St., Suite 3W
366 Madison, WI 53703 USA
367 Phone: (608) 256-6201
368 EMail: <couvares@family.hampshire.edu>
369 Contact: Peter F. Couvares
371 Type of support: We offer phone/email support, installation, ongoing
372 administration, training, programming, and specialized consulting for
373 free software and other UNIX systems.
375 Sample prices: USD75/hour commercial, 40/hour nonprofit, sliding scale
380 Stuart Cracraft <cracraft@ai.mit.edu>
382 Laguna Niguel, CA, 92677, USA
383 GNUline: 714-308-7900
384 Website: http://www.earthlink.net/~cracraft/index.html
387 Entire GNU suite - porting, compilation, installation,
388 user-training, administrator-training
389 Method: telephone line support, call-in via modem to your site,
390 work over the Internet, or in-person visit.
392 Experience: supporting GNU since the mid-1980's, coordinator
393 of GNU Chess (original author), GNU Shogi, GNU Go. Ported GNU Emacs
394 to Solaris (System V Release 4). Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, Perl,
395 Expect, Oracle, Informix, SunOS, Solaris, NIS, NFS.
397 Customized programming also available.
401 Noel Cragg <noel@cyclic.com>
406 I'll do installation, debugging, and extension of GNU tools on a
407 contract basis. CVS and configuration management are my current
408 specialties. Rate: $75/hour or per-project negotiated fee.
414 1325 Chesapeake Terrace
415 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
416 +1 408 542 9600 voice
418 Web Site: http://www.cygnus.com
421 Cygnus Solutions provides supported and maintained versions of gcc, g++, gdb
422 with GUI, GNU linker and GNU macro assembler. In addition, Cygnus provides
423 these GNU software development tools for well over 100 host-target
424 configurations. Support includes bug fixes and semi-annual releases of the
425 toolset. Each release is regression tested and includes substantial
426 improvements and additions to the current release. Support is available for
427 groups of 5 or 25 on a wide range of standard, special and vintage
428 toolchains for native and embedded applications. New target processors are
429 being added regularly. Rates for support for standard products start at $7495.
431 Cygnus Solutions contacts:
436 email: <kpowers@cygnus.com>
442 email: <westcott@cygnus.com>
445 Marcus G. Daniels <marcusd@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
446 31060 S. Kaufman Rd. <marcus@tdb.com>
447 Canby, OR 97013-9520 <marcus@sysc.pdx.edu>
450 I can customize, extend, port, and repair many types of free software.
451 I maintain the CLISP Common Lisp implementation and contribute to
452 several GNU packages (e.g. Emacs). Ten years of C and Unix
453 experience. Consulting rates start at $40 US/hr.
457 Edgar Der-Danieliantz (Danielyan) <edd@acm.org>
458 P.O. Box 10 FAX +374 2 28 50 82
462 Support for GCC, X Window System, WWW, Tcl/Tk, logic programming,
463 Internet security, TCP/IP.
466 OS's: 4.4BSD, SVR4.2, FreeBSD, SCO, Solaris, UnixWare.
467 Languages: C, C++, Objective C, Pascal, Tcl/Tk, Perl, Prolog
468 Platforms: Intel, SPARC, Mac, VAX, NeXT.
470 Rates: Depending on type of work, approx. $20/hour. Contact for more
472 Negotiable for individuals and non-profit organizations.
473 FREE for individuals who can't pay. Your 'Thanks!' just enough! :-)
474 Payment by international wire transfer or check.
478 Echo Labs <echo@iinet.net.au>
479 29 Weld St, http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/
484 Echo Labs is a software consultancy that also provides support and
485 development skills. Specialising in GNU software, particularly Tcl/Tk
486 and Linux. We can deliver systems at a fraction of the cost of those
487 based on more traditional technologies. Internet/intranet and data
488 communications solutions, for all platforms are undertaken. GUI
489 front-ends done quickly.
491 While typically involved in engineering and technical area, any
492 GNU/freeware software will be supported.
494 For further details see: http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/
496 Experience: 12+ years C/Unix, Sun, SCO, Linux, Win/NT.
497 Systems programming, device drivers, hardware interfacing.
499 Embedded & realtime systems, software, firmware, hardware.
500 Communications protocols and implementation.
502 Degrees: BAppSc (CS), Curtin University, Perth
504 Rates: AUS $50-75/hr neg.
508 Free Software Association of Germany
511 6000 Frankfurt/Main 70
512 phone: (+49 69) 6312083)
513 ert : (+49-172-6987246)
514 email: (info@elara.fsag.de)
516 Supporting all kinds of freeware (i.e. GNU), freeware development, consulting,
517 training, installation. Special LINUX support group.
521 Companies and for profit
522 organizations : 100 US$ / hour
523 Private and not-for-profit
524 organizations : 40 US$ / hour
526 response team) : 300 US$ / hour
530 Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
531 1111 W. El Camino Real #109-331
535 Author of several Emacs Lisp packages and parts of Emacs, as well as
536 numerous network and unix system utilities. Co-maintained GNU Texinfo and
537 Autoconf for a couple of years. Experienced unix systems administrator.
538 FSF employee Feb 1991--Sep 1994.
540 I can perform installation, porting, and enhancement of all GNU software
541 and any other free software, including the Linux kernel; system design and
542 administration for unix-type systems and IP networks; and I am willing to
543 provide handholding for shell programming, Emacs Lisp development, and
544 version control systems such as RCS and CVS.
546 Fees negotiable, averaging $75-$100/hour. I can work in the California bay
547 area or anywhere accessible on the Internet. For larger jobs I may be
552 Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@monkeys.com>
554 1751 East Roseville Pkwy. #1828
559 Services: Development & porting of GNU software development tools.
562 Invented, designed, and implemented the protoize and
563 unprotoize tools supplied with GCC2.
565 Designed and developed all code to support the generation
566 of Dwarf symbolic debugging information for System V Release
569 Performed original port of GNU compilers to SVr4 system.
571 Finished port of GNU compilers to Intel i860 RISC
574 Experience: 13+ years UNIX systems experience, all working on compilers
577 7+ years working professionally on GCC, G++, and GDB under
578 contract to various firms including the Microelectronics
579 and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), Data General (DG),
580 Network Computing Devices (NCD), and Intel Corp.
582 Other qualifications:
583 Developer of the RoadTest (tm) C and C++ commercial
584 compiler test suites.
586 Former vice-chairman of UNIX International Programming
587 Languages Special Interest Group (UI/PLSIG).
589 Bachelor's and a Master's degrees, both in Computer Science.
591 Rates: Variable depending upon contract duration. Call for quote.
602 Rate: Varies depending on complexity of task.
603 Hourly and fixed-rate contracts are available.
604 Programs Supported: All
608 Interactive Information Limited
610 Interactive Information Limited is an Edinburgh-based company that
611 specialises in WWW services and support for using the Internet for
614 Our staff have many years experience in using, and developing lisp packages
615 within, Emacs, and in using other GNU/Unix tools, particularly under public
618 We can provide services throughout the UK, at any level from general
619 consultancy through fetching, installing and customising software to
620 bespoke programming. Fees would be in the range #300 - #600 per day,
621 depending primarily on the size of the job.
624 by email: <enquire@interactive.co.uk>
625 by phone: 0370 30 40 52 (UK)
626 (+44) 370 30 40 52 (International)
627 by post: 3, Lauriston Gardens,
633 Scott D. Kalter <sdk@twinsun.com>
635 Malibu, CA 90265-9503
638 Very familiar with all levels of Elisp programming. Taught Emacs use
639 and customization in universities and industry. Extensive
640 troubleshooting and user support experience. Co-developed an
641 object-oriented extension to Elisp (Eoops) that can be used for
642 projects. Extensive Elisp level modification for rapid prototyping of
643 designs used in groupware research. This includes the development of
644 an infrastructure to support multiple, communicating Emacs processes.
646 Prefer e-mail communication to telephone calls.
650 Kaman Sciences Corporation
651 Griffiss Business & Technology Park
657 Dennis Fitzgerald <dfitzgerald@rome.kaman.com>
658 Tom Robbins <trobbins@rome.kaman.com>
660 Kaman Sciences has performed a GNU port for a custom RISC processor.
661 We have experience in the definition and description of the machine
662 register transfer language to the GNU tool-set. This includes rewriting
663 and modification of the necessary description and source files of gcc, gas,
664 and gld and other binutils. Kaman also has services for installation and
665 setup of GNU tools, (GAWK, GCC, EMACS, etc.) on Sun workstations.
667 Work is on a "service contract" basis and development is charged either
668 hourly or as a fixed price contract.
670 Consulting rates: $70 to $175 per hour.
674 Ehud Karni <kehud@simonwiesel.net.il>
676 I am an UNIX system programmer. My skills include writing in C and scripts.
678 In the GNU domain, I consider myself an expert on Emacs. I have written several
679 packages in emacs-lisp (.el) including: better Hebrew support, another marking
680 system, emulation for CDC full screen editor (FSE), COBOL mode, mathematical
681 expression computing, and enhancements to vc.el (customization) and to ange-ftp
682 (added Novell and NT operating systems).
683 I have installed and tested Emacs and my el's on several machines: DG,
684 HP, Alpha (OSF) and PC (DOS).
685 I installed and worked with several other GNU packages - RCS, Gmake, GCC
686 and more, but I'm not an expert in these packages.
688 I work in Israel and my normal rate is $40 per hour.
692 Joseph R. Kiniry <kiniry@cs.caltech.edu>
693 Caltech Mailstop 256-80 http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~kiniry/
694 Pasadena, CA 91125 <jrk@metagenesis.com>
698 Long-term high-level consultant in a variety of domains. See
699 http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~kiniry/resume.html for more information on
700 professional and academic background.
702 I provide installation, porting, debugging, customization, design, and
703 development of GNU and other UNIX and non-UNIX software. I am or have
704 been a certified developer with Microsoft, SunSoft, NeXT, and Amiga.
705 I have a great deal of development and management experience and an
706 extremely broad background which contributes to my excellent system
707 integration capabilities. I have a special expertise and conduct
708 research in distributed object technologies.
710 Time and material rates for local work vary regionally, but are
711 currently $250 per hour on the west coast. Other rates apply for
712 long-term jobs (day rates, travel, etc.) and remote work (usually 1/2
713 fee). I am interested in fixed-bid jobs and will work for lower rates
714 for non-profit organizations and educational institutions.
720 http://www.smart.net/~bkuhn
722 I am available for primarily Unix system administration consulting, including
723 but not limited to installation, configuration and integration of GNU tools
724 and other copy-lefted software such as GNU/Linux.
726 I am particularly skilled at end-user hand-holding and assisting in the
727 integration of GNU and other copy-lefted software into new environments that
728 have not used such tools in the past.
730 Please visit my homepage for more information on my background and skills.
732 I am available for both 1099 (preferred) and W2 on-site contracting in the
733 Baltimore, MD metropolitan area, as well as remote consulting via dialup or
734 Internet connection anywhere in the US.
736 My rate is in the $40/hour range, depending on the circumstances. Rates for
737 non-profit organizations are substantially lower, and possibly free.
741 Fen Labalme <fen@comedia.com>
742 CoMedia Consulting http//www.comedia.com/comedia/
743 40 Carl Street #4 WE ARE EVERYWHERE
744 San Francisco CA 94117 JUST SAY "KNOW"
746 Consulting, installation, customization and training for GNU Emacs,
747 and selected other GNU & network software. Design & implementation
748 of free software projects, as well as software engineering & system
749 design. I have been hacking Emacs since '76 when it was TECO and ^R
750 macros (don't ask), and am inter/intra-network, UNIX & Web friendly.
752 Rates: $75 hour & up, depending; flat rate jobs considered.
753 Lower rates, barter or free for selected non-profits.
763 Phone: +61-8-8388-8250
765 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062
766 Mail <grog@lemis.com>
768 Services: Supply, porting, installation, consultation on all GNU
771 Experience: 20 years OS and compiler experience, ports of most GNU
772 products. Author of ported software CD-ROM for UNIX System V.4.2,
773 "Porting UNIX Software" (O'Reilly), "Installing and Running FreeBSD"
774 and "The Complete FreeBSD" (both Walnut Creek).
776 Rates: Choice of AUD 120 per hour or hotline rates AUD 2.50 DM per
777 minute. Outside Australia, $US 100 per hour or $US 2 per minute.
778 Quick questions may be free. Limited free support available for
779 purchasers of LEMIS CD-ROMs.
783 Rohan Lenard <rjl@wr.com.au>
789 * The human face behind the bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu mailing list - known
790 in the past as <rjl@iassf.easams.com.au> and <rjl@ot.com.au> - now
791 known as <rjl@wr.com.au>.
793 * Interested in providing first line support and development.
795 Experience: 10+ years C/Unix, 6+ years C++
796 Extensive experience with GNU tools, cross-compilers,
797 embedded/hosted systems, realtime, simulations,
798 and military software.
800 Degrees: BSc (CS), BE (Comms), University of Melbourne
802 Rates: AUS $75+/hr neg.
806 Reuven M. Lerner <reuven@netvision.net.il>
811 Phone: 04-824-2265 (within Israel)
812 +972-4-824-2265 (outside of Israel)
814 Fax: 04-826-1219 (within Israel)
815 +972-4-826-1219 (outside of Israel)
817 WWW: http://www.netvision.net.il/php/reuven
819 - System and network administration, especially Linux-based systems
821 - Administration, training, and programming for Internet nodes and
823 - Installation, support and training in the use of Linux, Emacs, Perl,
824 and other free software
825 - Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, and Perl
827 Consulting rates: $75/hour, less for educational institutions.
831 Richard Levitte (in TeX: Richard Levitte
832 Levitte Programming Levitte Programming
833 Spannvagen 38, I Spannv\"agen 28, I
834 S-168 35 Bromma S-168 35 Bromma
836 Tel.nr.: +46 (8) 26 52 47 (there is an answering machine)
837 Cellular: +46 (10) 222 64 05
838 e-mail: <levitte@lp.se>
841 Primarly I work on GNU software for VMS, both VAX and AXP. I've
842 been porting GNU Emacs to VMS since spring 1991. I've ported a
843 bunch of other GNU programs as well. I maintain GNU vmslib.
844 For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html
847 To a varying degree (ranging from extention and porting to
848 installation and simple questions) at the time of updating this
850 - GNU vmslib, emacs, autoconf, zip, diffutils, m4, patch, texinfo,
851 C/C++; on both VMS and Unix.
852 - Other GNU programs to a small degree; on Unix.
853 For further info, look at http://www.lp.se/products/gnu.html
856 Fluent in TeX/LaTeX and many programming languages.
857 Modified key elements in Emacs (e.g., memory and process management)
858 to work transparently on VMS. I have very good knowledge in the VMS
859 operating system. I'm also knowledged in the a few Unix flavors.
860 For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html
863 $70-$100/hour (500-800 SEK in sweden), plus expenses. My rates
864 are negotiable, depending on how interesting the project is to me.
868 Lexa Software info@lexa.com
869 1590 The Alameda, Suite 102
873 +1 408 278-2043 voice
878 Lexa Software provides support for GNU C/C++ including the GNU debugger
879 and linker. Lexa has extensive experience supporting GCC/G++ on SNI
880 and Pyramid as well as all other MIPS ABI platforms. We offer support
881 to 2, 5, 25 and larger number of users via phone, email, ftp.
885 Gord Matzigkeit <gord@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
886 2220 Capitol Hill Crescent http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/~gord/
887 Calgary, Alberta T2M 4B9 Voice: (403) 282-1387
888 CANADA FAX: (403) 284-0137
890 I will help install badly-behaved source code packages, and have experience
891 fixing them to conform to GNU standards. I will gladly help novices and
892 intermediate computer users to understand, install, and use free software,
893 whether or not I have prior experience with that software. I know my
894 limitations well, and will freely give other contacts if I do not want to
895 solve your problem myself.
897 I have installed and administered free and proprietary systems in home,
898 academic, and business environments. I have practical experience in most
899 aspects of Unix and network security. I know how to diagnose a complex
900 existing computer system and incrementally replace it with a superior free
901 system without disrupting service.
903 I have over 2 years of experience with several of the major free OSes:
904 Linux/GNU (Red Hat, Debian, Slackware), NetBSD, FreeBSD, and GNU/Hurd. I am
905 the maintainer of GNU Libtool and GNU DLD. Some of my specialties are:
906 Emacs, Automake, Autoconf, SANE, C, Perl, and shell script programming.
908 My rates start at $10 (Canadian dollars) per hour. When I am not starving, I
909 do not charge worthy non-profit organizations.
917 <mccallum@cs.cmu.edu>
918 http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/mccallum
920 Services: Support, enhancements, new development in:
922 GNUstep, both graphical and non-graphical.
923 GNUstep Base Library: libgnustep-base
924 (especially Distributed Objects)
925 Interface between Objective-C and Guile or TCL: libguileobjc.
927 Experience: 10+ years of UNIX experience.
928 Programming for NeXTSTEP since version 0.8, 1988.
929 MA and PhD in Computer Science.
930 Extensive work on GNU Objective C Runtime.
931 Author of GNUstep Base Library, including Distributed Objects
932 FSF Chief Maintainer of the GNUstep Project.
933 Contributor to GCC, Emacs, Guile.
934 C, Objective-C, Postscript, Scheme, Lisp, ELisp, Linux.
935 English and Francais.
937 Rates: $90-$150 / hour, negotiable, depending on many variables.
941 Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
942 P.O. Box 1570 Vika http://www.naggum.no
943 0118 OSLO phone: +47 8800 8879
944 NORWAY NIC handle: EN9
946 Background: I have extensive experience with programming under Unix, in C
947 in particular (since 1983), with standards and specifications for Internet
948 protocols (since 1987), International Standards for character sets and
949 encoding schemes (since 1988), ISOÂ 8879 SGML (since 1990, national head of
950 delegation to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 18/WG 8 since 1991), and ANSI X3.226 Common
951 Lisp (since early 1994). I have been an Emacs user and programmer from
952 1984 to 1987 (TOPS-20) and from 1991 to present (Unix). since early 1994,
953 I have worked on GNU Emacs development, in both Lisp and C, and since mid
954 1995, I have been tracking the development code.
956 Services I offer the free software community include supporting Emacs users
957 and programmers with expert advice (gratis on USENET or mailing lists where
958 others may benefit), customizing and writing Emacs functions and packages,
959 delivering courses and seminars from tutorials to writing Emacs Lisp and C
960 extensions, and providing general aid with all GNU software.
962 My standard rate is a flat USD 80 per hour or USD 2 per minute (you decide
963 which time unit to apply), but to offset the cost of processing money, the
964 minimum credit card charge is USDÂ 100 and the minimum invoiced amount is
965 USD 250. Discounts are available to worthy causes -- present your case.
966 Time away from home is billed at USD 40 per hour around the clock to
967 encourage remote work. (Courses and seminars are negotiated individually.)
969 Please call only about actual work, I prefer mail for all other questions.
973 NET-Community <sales@net-community.com>
974 522 SW 5th Avenue http://www.net-community.com
976 Portland, OR 97204 USA
981 NET-Community provides support for the complete GNUstep toolset
982 including the Objective-C runtime within GCC, the GNUstep Base Library,
983 the Display Ghostscript system, the GNUstep GUI Library, the GNUstep
984 X/DPS GUI Backend, and the GNUstep Database Library. NET-Community also
985 provides support for its own MediaBook software including the MediaBook
986 Random Library and the MediaBook Speech Synthesis Library.
987 NET-Community actively supports and develops free software on all
988 GNUstep platforms; a portion of the proceeds, usually 20%, generated
989 from CD-ROM sales go towards additional development and enhancement of
994 Open Systems Consultants a.s
1000 +47 22 20 40 50 +47 22 20 02 85
1003 http://www.osc.no <gnu-support@osc.no>
1005 Open Systems Consultants a.s can provide programming support for all
1006 GNU software -- extending or adopting it to meet customer needs.
1007 Prices vary with software and project. Hourly fees are in the $80-120
1008 range. Fixed-priced projects are also available. No phone support.
1012 Francesco Potorti` <F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it>
1017 Emacs: installation and maintenance, training and tutorials,
1018 customisation, extensions, troubleshooting. Author of some of
1019 the packages in the emacs distribution, has made the porting
1020 of emacs to the Motorola Delta architecture.
1022 Other: installation and maintenance of GNU software. Experience with
1023 hylafax, RCS, gperf, etags, smail, indent, diff, gawk, gcc,
1024 screen. Is the current maintainer of etags.
1026 Rates: 30-80 KL/hr, depending on experience on the particular task.
1027 Average is 50 KL/hr $50/hr.
1028 Prefer e-mail communication to telephone.
1030 Qualifications: Electronic Engineering degree, Pisa. Full time
1031 researcher in CNUCE-CNR.
1032 Familiar with elisp programming and porting of C programs.
1036 Dipl.-Inform. Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@progis.de>
1041 http://www.progis.de
1045 - 15 years C/Unix experience
1046 - 6 years VMS experience
1047 - Ported BFD library, Binutils, GNU Assembler, GNU C, GNU C++,
1048 GNU C++ libraries, and GNU Make to openVMS/Alpha.
1050 We do a lot of cross-platform (Unix-VMS-WindowsNT) development
1051 mostly with the GNU compiler environment. We are actively
1052 supporting GNU software on openVMS/Alpha.
1054 Rates start at 160.- DM / hour for support and
1055 installation. Larger projects are negotiable.
1062 Contact: Jeffrey Siegal
1066 Area of focus: Embedded systems--using GNU software to develop for
1067 embedded systems, porting GNU software to embedded systems, extending GNU
1068 software to better support embedded environments, developing new tools and
1069 utilities for embedded development using GNU software.
1071 Services: porting, development, support, project management, advisory
1074 Rates: $125-$250/hour or fixed fees depending on services provided.
1078 Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
1080 Fremont, CA 94539-3827
1083 Anything, (lisp, C, customization, porting, installing) I have
1084 written thousands of lines of GNU Emacs C and Lisp code. Original
1085 author of the floating point additions in Emacs 19.
1093 Email: shalunov@mccme.ru
1096 Installing, configuring, helping learn any free software.
1097 Handholding, trouble shooting. Making custom changes to free
1098 software written in C. Teaching, lecturing, consulting.
1100 Want to have a free OS with free software serving your needs but do
1101 not want to spend time yourself or not very skilled with the
1102 computers? Cannot decide which free software suits your needs
1103 better? Drop me a line.
1105 Well, essentially, anything else on special request. :-)
1107 Rate: $30/hour if you are in Moscow and I am there when you request
1108 job done, $50 if the job may be done remotely (like configuring user
1109 level program), $60/hour + travel expenses otherwise. (Negotiable,
1110 significant discounts may apply.)
1119 I have been a professional programmer for 20 years, with most of that time
1120 spent doing UNIX/C/C++ hacking. My specialties are (in no particular
1121 order): system/kernel hacking, speech recognition, perl, object-oriented
1122 design and analysis, FSF software (I have built nearly every FSF package on
1123 several different platforms), small language design and implementation, and
1124 HTML/web programming. Currently I'm a member of the XEmacs beta testing
1125 team - I'm responsible for maintaining the version 19.15 patches and have
1126 written a few small packages/lisp hacks. My rates vary from $60 - $100 per
1127 hour, depending on the size of the project.
1131 Signum Support AB <info@signum.se>
1133 S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden
1134 +46 13 21 46 00 voice
1136 http://www.signum.se/
1138 Signum Support AB is a company dedicated to supporting, developing and
1139 distributing free software for mainly UNIX systems. The people behind
1140 Signum Support AB have many years of general UNIX and Internet
1141 experience, both as system administrators and as programmers, and also
1142 extensive experience in maintaining and administring the GNU programs
1145 Signum Support develops and markets the free GUI equiped Readynet
1146 Internet server, the free PHTTPD http server and the easy to use Linux
1147 based Fuego firewall.
1151 - Support on Internet service software, especially the free
1152 Readynet Internet server we have developed for Linux.
1154 - Customization of Linux.
1155 - Installation and customizing GNU and other free software. We are
1156 making free software as easy to install and use as shrink wrapped
1158 - Warranty protection.
1159 - Finding, Recommending and Investigation of free software in any
1160 area of the customers choise.
1161 - Regular consulting.
1163 Rates: For software items, request our price list.
1164 For consulting, 700-900 SEK/hour.
1168 Jon Solomon <jsol@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
1169 235 Main St., Apt 3C-1
1170 East Hartford, Conn. 06118
1173 Maintains all GNU software... Available for General Consulting
1174 (contact me if you are interested)...
1175 Sendmail a specialty... Can answer questions pertaining to the
1176 installation, maintainence, bug reporting and fixing for
1177 most GNU products... Adhering to the FSF/GNU copyleft for all
1178 work... (I only charge for the time it takes to do the above,
1179 the software (and most GNU copyleft'd software) is free.
1180 I can make tapes for you if you need that...
1184 Name: Julian Stacey <jhs@freebsd.org>
1185 Location: Munich Germany, & on the Internet.
1186 Qualifications: University Degree, BSc Hons Computer & Cybernetics, 1980.
1187 Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.260812 Data: +49.89.26023276
1188 Resume: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
1190 Rate: 130-170 DM/Hour. 2.7846 DM = 1 Pound = US $1.6332
1191 Commercial Independent Freelance Consultancy:
1192 Any Unix (inc FreeBSD, Linux etc), C, X-Windows, FSF Tools,
1193 Internet, Systems engineering, hardware interfacing,
1194 real time, comms & scientific industrial, even Cyrillic &
1195 Chinese interfaces etc. No Emacs. No Cobol.
1196 Free Sources: FSF, FreeBSD & NetBSD CVS & current (daily!) & releases,
1197 X-Windows, XFree86, Free dial in soon (details on web).
1198 Media Copy Charge ~DM 100 QIC 1/4" 525M, 150M, & 60M; & CAS-60M.
1199 Free GCC-1.40 For Symmetric Computer Systems Model 375 (native cc is broken).
1200 Languages: Deutsch & Francais
1201 Man kann mir in Deutsch schreiben, (oder mich anrufen).
1202 Je comprend Francais, mais je n'ecris pas des responses en Fr.
1204 - The Free Software Foundation do not pay me.
1205 - I earn my living from professional consultancy fees.
1206 - Though I write code for public domain ...
1207 - I will Not solve stranger's complex problems for free !
1208 WHEN CONTACTING ME, DO THIS :-
1209 1) Tell me Immediately, Are You:
1210 A) Expecting to pay my bill for professional consultancy.
1211 B) Seeking a few minutes advice free of charge.
1212 2) Give me your email adddress, or that of a friend.
1213 or Volunteer to phone back ~ 5 days later to collect follow-up
1214 info. from the net. (No I will not incur bills phoning you back).
1215 3) Speak English if you want free advice ! I speak German, &
1216 listen in French, but if you're not paying, make some effort too !
1220 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
1224 Emacs: anything whatever
1225 Is anyone interested in courses in using or extending GNU Emacs?
1227 Original inventor of Emacs and main author of GNU Emacs and GCC.
1229 Rates: $6/min or $250/hr.
1233 Kayvan Sylvan <kayvan@sylvan.com>
1236 San Jose, CA 95136-1517
1237 Phone: (408) 978-1407
1240 I will help you port, install and customize GNU Emacs, GCC, G++,
1241 bison, and other GNU tools on almost any architechture and operating
1242 system. Questions answered. GNU C and lisp hacking available. I will
1243 also do ongoing support and periodic upgrades if you get on my GNU
1244 software subscription list.
1246 Rates: $70-$100/hour, depending on type of work. Substantial discounts
1247 for long-term contracts and also for educational or non-profit
1250 Experience: Many different Unix systems (2.9BSD to 4.4BSD, Xenix, SVR3 and
1251 SVR4, Linux, FreeBSD). Systems programming and system administration on all
1252 brands of Unix. Kernel hacking experience. Lots of porting experience.
1256 TerraTel AB <info@netg.se>
1258 S-417 56 G=F6teborg, Sweden
1259 +46 31 50 79 40 voice
1263 TerraTel AB is a company that does consultant jobs and holds courses
1264 in the fields of Unix software, TCP/IP networking and Internet
1265 applications. The people behind TerraTel AB have many years
1266 of general UNIX experience, both as system administrators and as
1267 programmers, and also extensive experience in maintaining the GNU
1268 programs; in administration as well as finding and fixing bugs.
1272 - Installation and customizing GNU and other free software. We will
1273 make free software as easy to install and use as shrink wrapped
1275 - Service and support subscriptions.
1276 - Warranty protection.
1277 - Customization and porting.
1278 - Subscriptions to new versions which we will send monthly or with
1280 - Finding, recommending and investigating free software in any
1281 area of the customers choice.
1282 - Regular consulting.
1283 - Support on Internet service software, especially the free
1285 - Freeware based courses in Unix usage, C, C++, or any GNU tools
1287 Rates: For courses, contact us for a quote,
1288 For consulting, $60-120/hour, depending on contract length.
1292 Jonathan Thornburg / BKIS Consulting
1293 E-mail: <bkis@island.net> (preferred way to contact me)
1294 Postal: Box 8-7, Thetis Island BC V0R 2Y0, Canada
1295 Phone: (250) 246-3640 (somewhat unreliable)
1297 * B.Sc (Honors 1st Class) in Math+Physics+CS, M.Sc and Ph.D in Astronomy
1298 * 20+ years computing experience using a wide range of software and
1299 hardware environments
1301 * Very fluent in C (15+ years experience)
1302 * Fluent in C++, Perl, sh, csh, Awk, Fortran, PL/I, Pascal, APL, Lisp,
1303 Basic, Maple, Reduce, various machine languages
1304 * Very fluent (10+ years experience) in general Unix toolset and programming
1305 * Good knowledge (4+ years experience) of Unix system administration
1307 * Strong background (both theory and practical experience) in Unix/network
1308 security, computer graphics, X and Motif GUI programming
1309 * Good general knowledge of Unix (kernel) internals and device drivers
1310 * Very fluent in LaTeX, TeX, also HTML, HTTP, and CGI programming
1311 * Member of Usenix (professional and technical Unix association) and
1312 SAGE (system administrator's guild)
1314 * Very strong background (extensive experience) in numerical analysis
1315 * Strong backgrounds in hardware architecture, microprogramming,
1316 programming language implementation, compiler theory, data structures,
1317 OS design and internals, networking, symbolic manipulation, AI
1319 I'm available for Unix-based contract programming, software installation,
1320 and/or general system administration. My recent projects include several
1321 20K-50K 50K line C/Maple/Awk scientific applications, several small (1K line)
1322 Perl/Awk text processors and "system glue" CGI programs, finding and fixing
1323 bugs in a (free) 50K line graphics package, and a partially completed project
1324 to port (really rewrite) the GUI of a 50K line C++ Netscape plugin from
1325 Win32 to Unix/X/Motif.
1327 Unless otherwise required by a client, all the software I write is covered
1328 by the GNU Public License. My basic rate is Can$50/hour for work I can do
1329 remotely over the Internet, more for on-site work, less for selected
1330 non-profit organizations.
1334 Leonard H. Tower Jr. <tower@prep.ai.mit.edu>
1336 Somerville, MA 02143
1340 Will work on most GNU software.
1341 Installation, handholding, trouble shooting, extensions, teaching.
1343 Rates: $ 150.00/hour + travel expenses. Negotiable for non-profits.
1345 Experience: Have hacked on over a dozen architectures in many languages. Have
1346 system mothered too many varieties of Unixes. Assisted rms with the front end
1347 of gcc and its back-end support. Resume available on request.
1353 Schleiermacherstrasse 12
1356 Phone: +49 911 59818-0
1357 Fax: +49 911 59818-11
1359 http://info.noris.de/ (German)
1362 OS internals, esp. Linux and BSD, esp. device drivers
1363 Network protocol / program design and coding
1364 Utilities coding and maintainance
1365 Program debugging, testing
1366 User interface design and testing
1367 Several programming and tool languages
1370 Installation, debugging, enhancement, distribution,
1371 for all kinds of free software.
1372 System administration for most Unix-like systems.
1373 Email, Fax, phone, and in-person consulting (and/or "question answering").
1374 Remote support and system monitoring (over the Internet),
1375 Update service (new tools tested and installed automagically)
1379 DM 110 (~$70) per hour
1380 Support contracts start at DM 170/month + DM 30/supported system.
1381 Willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs.
1382 Rates don't include taxes.
1387 <P.vanGool@LR.TUDelft.NL>
1389 Address: Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
1390 Delft University of Technology
1391 Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft
1394 Phone: +31-15-2785370
1395 Fax : +31-15-2786480
1397 I would like to provide unpaid support for the following things:
1402 - compilation and installation of most GNU packages
1408 EMail: <aw@math.uni-sb.de>
1409 Telephone on request.
1411 I support GNU software on the following platforms:
1416 other platforms on request.
1418 Usual rates: 20DM per hour. Free support for private people as time
1424 xprt Computer Consulting, Inc.
1427 (281) 480-UNIX, <jody@sccsi.com>
1429 We have supported, installed, and used the entire GNU software suite
1430 for over 8 years on many different Unix platforms. We have written
1431 character device drivers and proc file systems for custom hardware
1432 running on Linux. In addition, we have developed a custom X11 server
1433 and X input extensions. Our consulting rate is $150.00 US dollars per
1434 hour, negotiable, plus a per diem for out of town work.
1440 Open Technologies Corporation
1441 Sun Lotus Bldg. 2nd Floor
1442 2-9-1 Chuou, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164 Japan
1443 Tel: +81-3-3365-2911 Fax: +81-3-3365-2920
1444 E-mail: <zhou@opentech.co.jp>
1446 My profile is listed at: http://www.opentech.co.jp/~zhou/
1448 I have two years of experience porting and supporting GNU C Compiler and
1449 GNU Assember at the Wingnut project of SRA, Inc., Tokyo.
1451 I can provide free consultation on these products if the problem is not
1457 For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask:
1460 ** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical **