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.-)
203 (703) 893-8967 (prefer email)
204 Northern-VA, D.C. Area
205 Rates: $40/Hr; less for educational or charitable organizations
208 HP9000/7xx running HP/UX 8.07 - 10.X
209 IBM RS6000 running AIX 3.2.X
210 Also SGI/Indy and Sun/Sparcs
213 Most all FSF (Gnu) software
214 esp. GCC, Emacs, Binutils, GS, etc...
217 I'd be more than happy to assist anyone in my area with acquiring,
218 installing, and configuring any FSF tools/utilities on any of the
219 above systems. I'm also willing to work with other UNIX systems not
220 listed above. In addition, I'd be happy to share my many years of
221 experience with anyone having difficulty using or configuring these
222 tools. I've been installing and using them for about 5 years now
223 and I'll swear by their quality and the people/principles that made
233 Ashland, MA 01721-1987
235 (Please call only between 0900-1700 Eastern time, and only if you
236 are prepared to hire me -- ask me to help you for free only
237 via email, to which I might or might not respond.)
238 Email: <burley@gnu.org> --preferred--
240 <burley@world.std.com>
243 Compiler Internals (author of GNU Fortran, for example)
244 Operating Systems Internals
245 Tools/Utilities Development and Maintenance
246 Microcode Development and Maintenance (primarily VLIW machines)
247 System Design (computers, operating systems, toolsets, &c)
248 Debugging (often asked to help debug Other People's Code)
249 Documentation (authored many books and ran a few doc projects)
250 Extensive experience with a variety of operating systems, hardware,
253 Rate: $100/hour -- willing to consider flat-fee arrangements
257 Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG <thomas@gnu.org>
259 66 Highland Ave. No. 8
264 All GNU software: Installation, customization, answering simple or
265 complex questions, bug fixing, extension.
267 Experience: I have done Unix and GNU programming for several years,
268 I am the primary author of the Hurd (which provides most
269 kernel related facilities for the GNU OS).
271 I am easily available in the Cambridge/Boston area; work via email.
272 I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs.
274 Rates: $100/hr, negotiable, less for non-profit organizations.
278 C2V Michel Delval <mfd@ccv.fr>
279 82 bd Haussmann Jean-Alain Le Borgne <jalb@ccv.fr>
282 Tel (33 1) 40.08.07.07
283 Fax (33 1) 43.87.35.99
284 Compuserve 100413,1012
287 We offer source or source+binary distribution, installation, training,
288 maintenance, technical support, consulting, specific development and
289 followup on the GNU software development environment: Emacs, gcc/g++,
292 Experience: adapted gcc, gas and binutils to work as cross-development
293 tools for the Thomson D950 DSP chip: GCC parser and typing system
294 have been augmented to allow the manipulation of variables located in
295 separated memory spaces. Porting on new platforms, and professionally
296 developing software with the GNU tools in the Unix/X11 environment
297 since they were first available.
299 Rates: from 2000 FF/day to 150 000 FF/year, 40% discount for
300 educational institutions, add taxes and expenses. Ask for list.
304 Bruce Dawson - <jbd@codemeta.com>
309 Specializing in GNU tools such as guile, CVS, gnats, bash, gawk, fileutils...
315 o Modification and development.
319 Rate: $75/hour or per quote.
321 http://www.codemeta.com
325 Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc@dOink.COM>
328 I can help folks with porting & installation of many GNU
329 and X packages on a variety of Unix platforms.
332 My rates depend on the scope of each project but range
333 from $35 to $90 per hour.
338 211 W. Gilman St., Suite 3W
339 Madison, WI 53703 USA
340 Phone: (608) 256-6201
341 EMail: <couvares@family.hampshire.edu>
342 Contact: Peter F. Couvares
344 Type of support: We offer phone/email support, installation, ongoing
345 administration, training, programming, and specialized consulting for
346 free software and other UNIX systems.
348 Sample prices: USD75/hour commercial, 40/hour nonprofit, sliding scale
353 Stuart Cracraft <cracraft@ai.mit.edu>
355 Laguna Niguel, CA, 92677, USA
356 GNUline: 714-308-7900
357 Website: http://www.earthlink.net/~cracraft/index.html
360 Entire GNU suite - porting, compilation, installation,
361 user-training, administrator-training
362 Method: telephone line support, call-in via modem to your site,
363 work over the Internet, or in-person visit.
365 Experience: supporting GNU since the mid-1980's, coordinator
366 of GNU Chess (original author), GNU Shogi, GNU Go. Ported GNU Emacs
367 to Solaris (System V Release 4). Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, Perl,
368 Expect, Oracle, Informix, SunOS, Solaris, NIS, NFS.
370 Customized programming also available.
374 Noel Cragg <noel@cyclic.com>
379 I'll do installation, debugging, and extension of GNU tools on a
380 contract basis. CVS and configuration management are my current
381 specialties. Rate: $75/hour or per-project negotiated fee.
387 1325 Chesapeake Terrace
388 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
389 +1 408 542 9600 voice
392 Cygnus Solutions provides supported and maintained versions of gcc, g++, gdb
393 with GUI, GNU linker and GNU macro assembler. In addition, Cygnus provides
394 these GNU software development tools for well over 100 host-target
395 configurations. Support includes bug fixes and semi-annual releases of the
396 toolset. Each release is regression tested and includes substantial
397 improvements and additions to the current release. Support is available for
398 groups of 5 or 25 on a wide range of standard, special and vintage
399 toolchains for native and embedded applications. New target processors are
400 being added regularly. Rates for support for standard products start at $7495.
402 Cygnus Solutions contacts:
407 email: <kpowers@cygnus.com>
413 email: <westcott@cygnus.com>
414 Updated: 1997-09-02 by rms
416 Marcus G. Daniels <marcusd@gnu.org>
417 31060 S. Kaufman Rd. <marcus@tdb.com>
418 Canby, OR 97013-9520 <marcus@sysc.pdx.edu>
421 I can customize, extend, port, and repair many types of free software.
422 I maintain the CLISP Common Lisp implementation and contribute to
423 several GNU packages (e.g. Emacs). Ten years of C and Unix
424 experience. Consulting rates start at $40 US/hr.
428 Edgar Der-Danieliantz (Danielyan) <edd@acm.org>
429 P.O. Box 10 FAX +374 2 28 50 82
433 Support for GCC, X Window System, WWW, Tcl/Tk, logic programming,
434 Internet security, TCP/IP.
437 OS's: 4.4BSD, SVR4.2, FreeBSD, SCO, Solaris, UnixWare.
438 Languages: C, C++, Objective C, Pascal, Tcl/Tk, Perl, Prolog
439 Platforms: Intel, SPARC, Mac, VAX, NeXT.
441 Rates: Depending on type of work, approx. $20/hour. Contact for more
443 Negotiable for individuals and non-profit organizations.
444 FREE for individuals who can't pay. Your 'Thanks!' just enough! :-)
445 Payment by international wire transfer or check.
449 Echo Labs <echo@iinet.net.au>
450 29 Weld St, http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/
455 Echo Labs is a software consultancy that also provides support and
456 development skills. Specialising in GNU software, particularly Tcl/Tk
457 and Linux. We can deliver systems at a fraction of the cost of those
458 based on more traditional technologies. Internet/intranet and data
459 communications solutions, for all platforms are undertaken. GUI
460 front-ends done quickly.
462 While typically involved in engineering and technical area, any
463 GNU/freeware software will be supported.
465 For further details see: http://www.iinet.net.au/~echo/
467 Experience: 12+ years C/Unix, Sun, SCO, Linux, Win/NT.
468 Systems programming, device drivers, hardware interfacing.
470 Embedded & realtime systems, software, firmware, hardware.
471 Communications protocols and implementation.
473 Degrees: BAppSc (CS), Curtin University, Perth
475 Rates: AUS $50-75/hr neg.
479 Free Software Association of Germany
482 6000 Frankfurt/Main 70
483 phone: (+49 69) 6312083)
484 ert : (+49-172-6987246)
485 email: (info@elara.fsag.de)
487 Supporting all kinds of freeware (i.e. GNU), freeware development, consulting,
488 training, installation. Special LINUX support group.
492 Companies and for profit
493 organizations : 100 US$ / hour
494 Private and not-for-profit
495 organizations : 40 US$ / hour
497 response team) : 300 US$ / hour
501 Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
502 1111 W. El Camino Real #109-331
506 Author of several Emacs Lisp packages and parts of Emacs, as well as
507 numerous network and unix system utilities. Co-maintained GNU Texinfo and
508 Autoconf for a couple of years. Experienced unix systems administrator.
509 FSF employee Feb 1991--Sep 1994.
511 I can perform installation, porting, and enhancement of all GNU software
512 and any other free software, including the Linux kernel; system design and
513 administration for unix-type systems and IP networks; and I am willing to
514 provide handholding for shell programming, Emacs Lisp development, and
515 version control systems such as RCS and CVS.
517 Fees negotiable, averaging $75-$100/hour. I can work in the California bay
518 area or anywhere accessible on the Internet. For larger jobs I may be
523 Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@monkeys.com>
525 1751 East Roseville Pkwy. #1828
530 Services: Development & porting of GNU software development tools.
533 Invented, designed, and implemented the protoize and
534 unprotoize tools supplied with GCC2.
536 Designed and developed all code to support the generation
537 of Dwarf symbolic debugging information for System V Release
540 Performed original port of GNU compilers to SVr4 system.
542 Finished port of GNU compilers to Intel i860 RISC
545 Experience: 13+ years UNIX systems experience, all working on compilers
548 7+ years working professionally on GCC, G++, and GDB under
549 contract to various firms including the Microelectronics
550 and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), Data General (DG),
551 Network Computing Devices (NCD), and Intel Corp.
553 Other qualifications:
554 Developer of the RoadTest (tm) C and C++ commercial
555 compiler test suites.
557 Former vice-chairman of UNIX International Programming
558 Languages Special Interest Group (UI/PLSIG).
560 Bachelor's and a Master's degrees, both in Computer Science.
562 Rates: Variable depending upon contract duration. Call for quote.
573 Rate: Varies depending on complexity of task.
574 Hourly and fixed-rate contracts are available.
575 Programs Supported: All
579 Interactive Information Limited
581 Interactive Information Limited is an Edinburgh-based company that
582 specialises in WWW services and support for using the Internet for
585 Our staff have many years experience in using, and developing lisp packages
586 within, Emacs, and in using other GNU/Unix tools, particularly under public
589 We can provide services throughout the UK, at any level from general
590 consultancy through fetching, installing and customising software to
591 bespoke programming. Fees would be in the range #300 - #600 per day,
592 depending primarily on the size of the job.
595 by email: <enquire@interactive.co.uk>
596 by phone: 0370 30 40 52 (UK)
597 (+44) 370 30 40 52 (International)
598 by post: 3, Lauriston Gardens,
604 Scott D. Kalter <sdk@twinsun.com>
606 Malibu, CA 90265-9503
609 Very familiar with all levels of Elisp programming. Taught Emacs use
610 and customization in universities and industry. Extensive
611 troubleshooting and user support experience. Co-developed an
612 object-oriented extension to Elisp (Eoops) that can be used for
613 projects. Extensive Elisp level modification for rapid prototyping of
614 designs used in groupware research. This includes the development of
615 an infrastructure to support multiple, communicating Emacs processes.
617 Prefer e-mail communication to telephone calls.
621 Kaman Sciences Corporation
622 Griffiss Business & Technology Park
628 Dennis Fitzgerald <dfitzgerald@rome.kaman.com>
629 Tom Robbins <trobbins@rome.kaman.com>
631 Kaman Sciences has performed a GNU port for a custom RISC processor.
632 We have experience in the definition and description of the machine
633 register transfer language to the GNU tool-set. This includes rewriting
634 and modification of the necessary description and source files of gcc, gas,
635 and gld and other binutils. Kaman also has services for installation and
636 setup of GNU tools, (GAWK, GCC, EMACS, etc.) on Sun workstations.
638 Work is on a "service contract" basis and development is charged either
639 hourly or as a fixed price contract.
641 Consulting rates: $70 to $175 per hour.
645 Joseph R. Kiniry <kiniry@cs.caltech.edu>
646 Caltech Mailstop 256-80 http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~kiniry/
647 Pasadena, CA 91125 <jrk@metagenesis.com>
651 Long-term high-level consultant in a variety of domains. See
652 http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~kiniry/resume.html for more information on
653 professional and academic background.
655 I provide installation, porting, debugging, customization, design, and
656 development of GNU and other UNIX and non-UNIX software. I am or have
657 been a certified developer with Microsoft, SunSoft, NeXT, and Amiga.
658 I have a great deal of development and management experience and an
659 extremely broad background which contributes to my excellent system
660 integration capabilities. I have a special expertise and conduct
661 research in distributed object technologies.
663 Time and material rates for local work vary regionally, but are
664 currently $250 per hour on the west coast. Other rates apply for
665 long-term jobs (day rates, travel, etc.) and remote work (usually 1/2
666 fee). I am interested in fixed-bid jobs and will work for lower rates
667 for non-profit organizations and educational institutions.
673 http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn
675 I am available for primarily Unix system administration consulting, including
676 but not limited to installation, configuration and integration of GNU tools
677 and other copy-lefted software such as GNU/Linux.
679 I am particularly skilled at integration of GNU and other copy-lefted software
680 into new environments that have not used such tools in the past, and porting
681 the GNU software to new Unix-based platforms.
683 Please visit my homepage for more information on my background and skills.
685 I am available for both 1099 (preferred) and W2 on-site contracting in the
686 Cincinnati, OH metropolitan area, as well as remote consulting via dialup or
687 Internet connection anywhere in the US.
689 My rate is in the $40/hour range, depending on the circumstances. Rates for
690 non-profit organizations are substantially lower, and possibly free.
694 Fen Labalme <fen@comedia.com>
695 CoMedia Consulting http//www.comedia.com/comedia/
696 40 Carl Street #4 WE ARE EVERYWHERE
697 San Francisco CA 94117 JUST SAY "KNOW"
699 Consulting, installation, customization and training for GNU Emacs,
700 and selected other GNU & network software. Design & implementation
701 of free software projects, as well as software engineering & system
702 design. I have been hacking Emacs since '76 when it was TECO and ^R
703 macros (don't ask), and am inter/intra-network, UNIX & Web friendly.
705 Rates: $75 hour & up, depending; flat rate jobs considered.
706 Lower rates, barter or free for selected non-profits.
716 Phone: +61-8-8388-8250
718 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062
719 Mail <grog@lemis.com>
721 Services: Supply, porting, installation, consultation on all GNU
724 Experience: 20 years OS and compiler experience, ports of most GNU
725 products. Author of ported software CD-ROM for UNIX System V.4.2,
726 "Porting UNIX Software" (O'Reilly), "Installing and Running FreeBSD"
727 and "The Complete FreeBSD" (both Walnut Creek).
729 Rates: Choice of AUD 120 per hour or hotline rates AUD 2.50 DM per
730 minute. Outside Australia, $US 100 per hour or $US 2 per minute.
731 Quick questions may be free. Limited free support available for
732 purchasers of LEMIS CD-ROMs.
736 Rohan Lenard <rjl@wr.com.au>
742 * The human face behind the bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu mailing list - known
743 in the past as <rjl@iassf.easams.com.au> and <rjl@ot.com.au> - now
744 known as <rjl@wr.com.au>.
746 * Interested in providing first line support and development.
748 Experience: 10+ years C/Unix, 6+ years C++
749 Extensive experience with GNU tools, cross-compilers,
750 embedded/hosted systems, realtime, simulations,
751 and military software.
753 Degrees: BSc (CS), BE (Comms), University of Melbourne
755 Rates: AUS $75+/hr neg.
759 Reuven M. Lerner <reuven@netvision.net.il>
764 Phone: 04-824-2265 (within Israel)
765 +972-4-824-2265 (outside of Israel)
767 Fax: 04-826-1219 (within Israel)
768 +972-4-826-1219 (outside of Israel)
770 WWW: http://www.netvision.net.il/php/reuven
772 - System and network administration, especially Linux-based systems
774 - Administration, training, and programming for Internet nodes and
776 - Installation, support and training in the use of Linux, Emacs, Perl,
777 and other free software
778 - Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, and Perl
780 Consulting rates: $75/hour, less for educational institutions.
784 Richard Levitte (in TeX: Richard Levitte
785 Levitte Programming Levitte Programming
786 Spannvagen 38, I Spannv\"agen 28, I
787 S-168 35 Bromma S-168 35 Bromma
789 Tel.nr.: +46 (8) 26 52 47 (there is an answering machine)
790 Cellular: +46 (10) 222 64 05
791 e-mail: <levitte@lp.se>
794 Primarily I work on GNU software for VMS, both VAX and AXP. I've
795 been porting GNU Emacs to VMS since spring 1991. I've ported a
796 bunch of other GNU programs as well. I maintain GNU vmslib.
797 For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html
800 To a varying degree (ranging from extension and porting to
801 installation and simple questions) at the time of updating this
803 - GNU vmslib, emacs, autoconf, zip, diffutils, m4, patch, texinfo,
804 C/C++; on both VMS and Unix.
805 - Other GNU programs to a small degree; on Unix.
806 For further info, look at http://www.lp.se/products/gnu.html
809 Fluent in TeX/LaTeX and many programming languages.
810 Modified key elements in Emacs (e.g., memory and process management)
811 to work transparently on VMS. I have very good knowledge in the VMS
812 operating system. I'm also knowledged in the a few Unix flavors.
813 For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html
816 $70-$100/hour (500-800 SEK in sweden), plus expenses. My rates
817 are negotiable, depending on how interesting the project is to me.
821 Lexa Software info@lexa.com
822 1590 The Alameda, Suite 102
826 +1 408 278-2043 voice
831 Lexa Software provides support for GNU C/C++ including the GNU debugger
832 and linker. Lexa has extensive experience supporting GCC/G++ on SNI
833 and Pyramid as well as all other MIPS ABI platforms. We offer support
834 to 2, 5, 25 and larger number of users via phone, email, ftp.
838 Gord Matzigkeit <gord@gnu.org>
839 2220 Capitol Hill Crescent http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/~gord/
840 Calgary, Alberta T2M 4B9 Voice: (403) 282-1387
841 CANADA FAX: (403) 284-0137
843 I will help install badly-behaved source code packages, and have experience
844 fixing them to conform to GNU standards. I will gladly help novices and
845 intermediate computer users to understand, install, and use free software,
846 whether or not I have prior experience with that software. I know my
847 limitations well, and will freely give other contacts if I do not want to
848 solve your problem myself.
850 I have installed and administered free and proprietary systems in home,
851 academic, and business environments. I have practical experience in most
852 aspects of Unix and network security. I know how to diagnose a complex
853 existing computer system and incrementally replace it with a superior free
854 system without disrupting service.
856 I have over 2 years of experience with several of the major free OSes:
857 Linux/GNU (Red Hat, Debian, Slackware), NetBSD, FreeBSD, and GNU/Hurd. I am
858 the maintainer of GNU Libtool and GNU DLD. Some of my specialties are:
859 Emacs, Automake, Autoconf, SANE, C, Perl, and shell script programming.
861 My rates start at $10 (Canadian dollars) per hour. When I am not starving, I
862 do not charge worthy non-profit organizations.
870 <mccallum@cs.cmu.edu>
871 http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/mccallum
873 Services: Support, enhancements, new development in:
875 GNUstep, both graphical and non-graphical.
876 GNUstep Base Library: libgnustep-base
877 (especially Distributed Objects)
878 Interface between Objective-C and Guile or TCL: libguileobjc.
880 Experience: 10+ years of UNIX experience.
881 Programming for NeXTSTEP since version 0.8, 1988.
882 MA and PhD in Computer Science.
883 Extensive work on GNU Objective C Runtime.
884 Author of GNUstep Base Library, including Distributed Objects
885 FSF Chief Maintainer of the GNUstep Project.
886 Contributor to GCC, Emacs, Guile.
887 C, Objective-C, Postscript, Scheme, Lisp, ELisp, Linux.
888 English and Francais.
890 Rates: $90-$150 / hour, negotiable, depending on many variables.
894 Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
895 P.O. Box 1570 Vika http://www.naggum.no
896 0118 OSLO phone: +47 8800 8879
897 NORWAY NIC handle: EN9
899 Background: I have extensive experience with programming under Unix, in C
900 in particular (since 1983), with standards and specifications for Internet
901 protocols (since 1987), International Standards for character sets and
902 encoding schemes (since 1988), ISOÂ 8879 SGML (since 1990, national head of
903 delegation to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 18/WG 8 since 1991), and ANSI X3.226 Common
904 Lisp (since early 1994). I have been an Emacs user and programmer from
905 1984 to 1987 (TOPS-20) and from 1991 to present (Unix). since early 1994,
906 I have worked on GNU Emacs development, in both Lisp and C, and since mid
907 1995, I have been tracking the development code.
909 Services I offer the free software community include supporting Emacs users
910 and programmers with expert advice (gratis on USENET or mailing lists where
911 others may benefit), customizing and writing Emacs functions and packages,
912 delivering courses and seminars from tutorials to writing Emacs Lisp and C
913 extensions, and providing general aid with all GNU software.
915 My standard rate is a flat USD 80 per hour or USD 2 per minute (you decide
916 which time unit to apply), but to offset the cost of processing money, the
917 minimum credit card charge is USDÂ 100 and the minimum invoiced amount is
918 USD 250. Discounts are available to worthy causes -- present your case.
919 Time away from home is billed at USD 40 per hour around the clock to
920 encourage remote work. (Courses and seminars are negotiated individually.)
922 Please call only about actual work, I prefer mail for all other questions.
926 NET-Community <sales@net-community.com>
927 522 SW 5th Avenue http://www.net-community.com
929 Portland, OR 97204 USA
934 NET-Community provides support for the complete GNUstep toolset
935 including the Objective-C runtime within GCC, the GNUstep Base Library,
936 the Display Ghostscript system, the GNUstep GUI Library, the GNUstep
937 X/DPS GUI Backend, and the GNUstep Database Library. NET-Community also
938 provides support for its own MediaBook software including the MediaBook
939 Random Library and the MediaBook Speech Synthesis Library.
940 NET-Community actively supports and develops free software on all
941 GNUstep platforms; a portion of the proceeds, usually 20%, generated
942 from CD-ROM sales go towards additional development and enhancement of
947 Open Systems Consultants a.s
953 +47 22 20 40 50 +47 22 20 02 85
956 http://www.osc.no <gnu-support@osc.no>
958 Open Systems Consultants a.s can provide programming support for all
959 GNU software -- extending or adopting it to meet customer needs.
960 Prices vary with software and project. Hourly fees are in the $80-120
961 range. Fixed-priced projects are also available. No phone support.
965 Francesco Potorti` <F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it>
970 Emacs: installation and maintenance, training and tutorials,
971 customisation, extensions, troubleshooting. Author of some of
972 the packages in the emacs distribution, has made the porting
973 of emacs to the Motorola Delta architecture.
975 Other: installation and maintenance of GNU software. Experience with
976 hylafax, RCS, gperf, etags, smail, indent, diff, gawk, gcc,
977 screen. Is the current maintainer of etags.
979 Rates: 30-80 KL/hr, depending on experience on the particular task.
980 Average is 50 KL/hr $50/hr.
981 Prefer e-mail communication to telephone.
983 Qualifications: Electronic Engineering degree, Pisa. Full time
984 researcher in CNUCE-CNR.
985 Familiar with elisp programming and porting of C programs.
989 Dipl.-Inform. Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@progis.de>
998 - 15 years C/Unix experience
999 - 6 years VMS experience
1000 - Ported BFD library, Binutils, GNU Assembler, GNU C, GNU C++,
1001 GNU C++ libraries, and GNU Make to openVMS/Alpha.
1003 We do a lot of cross-platform (Unix-VMS-WindowsNT) development
1004 mostly with the GNU compiler environment. We are actively
1005 supporting GNU software on openVMS/Alpha.
1007 Rates start at 160.- DM / hour for support and
1008 installation. Larger projects are negotiable.
1015 Contact: Jeffrey Siegal
1019 Area of focus: Embedded systems--using GNU software to develop for
1020 embedded systems, porting GNU software to embedded systems, extending GNU
1021 software to better support embedded environments, developing new tools and
1022 utilities for embedded development using GNU software.
1024 Services: porting, development, support, project management, advisory
1027 Rates: $125-$250/hour or fixed fees depending on services provided.
1031 Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
1033 Fremont, CA 94539-3827
1036 Anything, (lisp, C, customization, porting, installing) I have
1037 written thousands of lines of GNU Emacs C and Lisp code. Original
1038 author of the floating point additions in Emacs 19.
1046 Email: shalunov@mccme.ru
1049 Installing, configuring, helping learn any free software.
1050 Handholding, trouble shooting. Making custom changes to free
1051 software written in C. Teaching, lecturing, consulting.
1053 Want to have a free OS with free software serving your needs but do
1054 not want to spend time yourself or not very skilled with the
1055 computers? Cannot decide which free software suits your needs
1056 better? Drop me a line.
1058 Well, essentially, anything else on special request. :-)
1060 Rate: $30/hour if you are in Moscow and I am there when you request
1061 job done, $50 if the job may be done remotely (like configuring user
1062 level program), $60/hour + travel expenses otherwise. (Negotiable,
1063 significant discounts may apply.)
1072 I have been a professional programmer for 20 years, with most of that time
1073 spent doing UNIX/C/C++ hacking. My specialties are (in no particular
1074 order): system/kernel hacking, speech recognition, perl, object-oriented
1075 design and analysis, FSF software (I have built nearly every FSF package on
1076 several different platforms), small language design and implementation, and
1077 HTML/web programming. Currently I'm a member of the XEmacs beta testing
1078 team - I'm responsible for maintaining the version 19.15 patches and have
1079 written a few small packages/lisp hacks. My rates vary from $60 - $100 per
1080 hour, depending on the size of the project.
1084 Signum Support AB <info@signum.se>
1086 S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden
1087 +46 13 21 46 00 voice
1089 http://www.signum.se/
1091 Signum Support AB is a company dedicated to supporting, developing and
1092 distributing free software for mainly UNIX systems. The people behind
1093 Signum Support AB have many years of general UNIX and Internet
1094 experience, both as system administrators and as programmers, and also
1095 extensive experience in maintaining and administering the GNU programs
1098 Signum Support develops and markets the free GUI equipped Readynet
1099 Internet server, the free PHTTPD http server and the easy to use Linux
1100 based Fuego firewall.
1104 - Support on Internet service software, especially the free
1105 Readynet Internet server we have developed for Linux.
1107 - Customization of Linux.
1108 - Installation and customizing GNU and other free software. We are
1109 making free software as easy to install and use as shrink wrapped
1111 - Warranty protection.
1112 - Finding, Recommending and Investigation of free software in any
1113 area of the customer's choice.
1114 - Regular consulting.
1116 Rates: For software items, request our price list.
1117 For consulting, 700-900 SEK/hour.
1121 Jon Solomon <jsol@gnu.org>
1122 235 Main St., Apt 3C-1
1123 East Hartford, Conn. 06118
1126 Maintains all GNU software... Available for General Consulting
1127 (contact me if you are interested)...
1128 Sendmail a specialty... Can answer questions pertaining to the
1129 installation, maintenance, bug reporting and fixing for
1130 most GNU products... Adhering to the FSF/GNU copyleft for all
1131 work... (I only charge for the time it takes to do the above,
1132 the software (and most GNU copyleft'd software) is free.
1133 I can make tapes for you if you need that...
1137 Name: Julian Stacey <jhs@freebsd.org>
1138 Location: Munich Germany, & on the Internet.
1139 Qualifications: University Degree, BSc Hons Computer & Cybernetics, 1980.
1140 Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.260812 Data: +49.89.26023276
1141 Resume: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
1143 Rate: 130-170 DM/Hour. 2.7846 DM = 1 Pound = US $1.6332
1144 Commercial Independent Freelance Consultancy:
1145 Any Unix (inc FreeBSD, Linux etc), C, X-Windows, FSF Tools,
1146 Internet, Systems engineering, hardware interfacing,
1147 real time, comms & scientific industrial, even Cyrillic &
1148 Chinese interfaces etc. No Emacs. No Cobol.
1149 Free Sources: FSF, FreeBSD & NetBSD CVS & current (daily!) & releases,
1150 X-Windows, XFree86, Free dial in soon (details on web).
1151 Media Copy Charge ~DM 100 QIC 1/4" 525M, 150M, & 60M; & CAS-60M.
1152 Free GCC-1.40 For Symmetric Computer Systems Model 375 (native cc is broken).
1153 Languages: Deutsch & Francais
1154 Man kann mir in Deutsch schreiben, (oder mich anrufen).
1155 Je comprend Francais, mais je n'ecris pas des responses en Fr.
1157 - The Free Software Foundation do not pay me.
1158 - I earn my living from professional consultancy fees.
1159 - Though I write code for public domain ...
1160 - I will Not solve stranger's complex problems for free !
1161 WHEN CONTACTING ME, DO THIS :-
1162 1) Tell me Immediately, Are You:
1163 A) Expecting to pay my bill for professional consultancy.
1164 B) Seeking a few minutes advice free of charge.
1165 2) Give me your email address, or that of a friend.
1166 or Volunteer to phone back ~ 5 days later to collect follow-up
1167 info. from the net. (No I will not incur bills phoning you back).
1168 3) Speak English if you want free advice ! I speak German, &
1169 listen in French, but if you're not paying, make some effort too !
1173 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
1177 Emacs: anything whatever
1178 Is anyone interested in courses in using or extending GNU Emacs?
1180 Original inventor of Emacs and main author of GNU Emacs and GCC.
1182 Rates: $6/min or $250/hr.
1186 Kayvan Sylvan <kayvan@sylvan.com>
1189 San Jose, CA 95136-1517
1190 Phone: (408) 978-1407
1193 I will help you port, install and customize GNU Emacs, GCC, G++,
1194 bison, and other GNU tools on almost any architecture and operating
1195 system. Questions answered. GNU C and lisp hacking available. I will
1196 also do ongoing support and periodic upgrades if you get on my GNU
1197 software subscription list.
1199 Rates: $70-$100/hour, depending on type of work. Substantial discounts
1200 for long-term contracts and also for educational or non-profit
1203 Experience: Many different Unix systems (2.9BSD to 4.4BSD, Xenix, SVR3 and
1204 SVR4, Linux, FreeBSD). Systems programming and system administration on all
1205 brands of Unix. Kernel hacking experience. Lots of porting experience.
1209 TerraTel AB <info@netg.se>
1211 S-417 56 G=F6teborg, Sweden
1212 +46 31 50 79 40 voice
1216 TerraTel AB is a company that does consultant jobs and holds courses
1217 in the fields of Unix software, TCP/IP networking and Internet
1218 applications. The people behind TerraTel AB have many years
1219 of general UNIX experience, both as system administrators and as
1220 programmers, and also extensive experience in maintaining the GNU
1221 programs; in administration as well as finding and fixing bugs.
1225 - Installation and customizing GNU and other free software. We will
1226 make free software as easy to install and use as shrink wrapped
1228 - Service and support subscriptions.
1229 - Warranty protection.
1230 - Customization and porting.
1231 - Subscriptions to new versions which we will send monthly or with
1233 - Finding, recommending and investigating free software in any
1234 area of the customers choice.
1235 - Regular consulting.
1236 - Support on Internet service software, especially the free
1238 - Freeware based courses in Unix usage, C, C++, or any GNU tools
1240 Rates: For courses, contact us for a quote,
1241 For consulting, $60-120/hour, depending on contract length.
1245 Jonathan Thornburg / BKIS Consulting
1246 E-mail: <bkis@island.net> (preferred way to contact me)
1247 Postal: Box 8-7, Thetis Island BC V0R 2Y0, Canada
1248 Phone: (250) 246-3640 (somewhat unreliable)
1250 * B.Sc (Honors 1st Class) in Math+Physics+CS, M.Sc and Ph.D in Astronomy
1251 * 20+ years computing experience using a wide range of software and
1252 hardware environments
1254 * Very fluent in C (15+ years experience)
1255 * Fluent in C++, Perl, sh, csh, Awk, Fortran, PL/I, Pascal, APL, Lisp,
1256 Basic, Maple, Reduce, various machine languages
1257 * Very fluent (10+ years experience) in general Unix toolset and programming
1258 * Good knowledge (4+ years experience) of Unix system administration
1260 * Strong background (both theory and practical experience) in Unix/network
1261 security, computer graphics, X and Motif GUI programming
1262 * Good general knowledge of Unix (kernel) internals and device drivers
1263 * Very fluent in LaTeX, TeX, also HTML, HTTP, and CGI programming
1264 * Member of Usenix (professional and technical Unix association) and
1265 SAGE (system administrator's guild)
1267 * Very strong background (extensive experience) in numerical analysis
1268 * Strong backgrounds in hardware architecture, microprogramming,
1269 programming language implementation, compiler theory, data structures,
1270 OS design and internals, networking, symbolic manipulation, AI
1272 I'm available for Unix-based contract programming, software installation,
1273 and/or general system administration. My recent projects include several
1274 20K-50K 50K line C/Maple/Awk scientific applications, several small (1K line)
1275 Perl/Awk text processors and "system glue" CGI programs, finding and fixing
1276 bugs in a (free) 50K line graphics package, and a partially completed project
1277 to port (really rewrite) the GUI of a 50K line C++ Netscape plugin from
1278 Win32 to Unix/X/Motif.
1280 Unless otherwise required by a client, all the software I write is covered
1281 by the GNU Public License. My basic rate is Can$50/hour for work I can do
1282 remotely over the Internet, more for on-site work, less for selected
1283 non-profit organizations.
1287 Leonard H. Tower Jr. <tower@prep.ai.mit.edu>
1289 Somerville, MA 02143
1293 Will work on most GNU software.
1294 Installation, handholding, trouble shooting, extensions, teaching.
1296 Rates: $ 150.00/hour + travel expenses. Negotiable for non-profits.
1298 Experience: Have hacked on over a dozen architectures in many languages. Have
1299 system mothered too many varieties of Unixes. Assisted rms with the front end
1300 of gcc and its back-end support. Resume available on request.
1306 Schleiermacherstrasse 12
1309 Phone: +49 911 59818-0
1310 Fax: +49 911 59818-11
1312 http://info.noris.de/ (German)
1315 OS internals, esp. Linux and BSD, esp. device drivers
1316 Network protocol / program design and coding
1317 Utilities coding and maintenance
1318 Program debugging, testing
1319 User interface design and testing
1320 Several programming and tool languages
1323 Installation, debugging, enhancement, distribution,
1324 for all kinds of free software.
1325 System administration for most Unix-like systems.
1326 Email, Fax, phone, and in-person consulting (and/or "question answering").
1327 Remote support and system monitoring (over the Internet),
1328 Update service (new tools tested and installed automagically)
1332 DM 150 (~$85) per hour
1333 Support contracts start at DM 220/month + DM 30/supported system.
1334 Willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs.
1335 Rates don't include taxes.
1340 <P.vanGool@LR.TUDelft.NL>
1342 Address: Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
1343 Delft University of Technology
1344 Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft
1347 Phone: +31-15-2785370
1348 Fax : +31-15-2786480
1350 I would like to provide unpaid support for the following things:
1355 - compilation and installation of most GNU packages
1361 EMail: <aw@math.uni-sb.de>
1362 Telephone on request.
1364 I support GNU software on the following platforms:
1369 other platforms on request.
1371 Usual rates: 20DM per hour. Free support for private people as time
1377 xprt Computer Consulting, Inc.
1380 (281) 480-UNIX, <jody@sccsi.com>
1382 We have supported, installed, and used the entire GNU software suite
1383 for over 8 years on many different Unix platforms. We have written
1384 character device drivers and proc file systems for custom hardware
1385 running on Linux. In addition, we have developed a custom X11 server
1386 and X input extensions. Our consulting rate is $150.00 US dollars per
1387 hour, negotiable, plus a per diem for out of town work.
1393 Open Technologies Corporation
1394 Sun Lotus Bldg. 2nd Floor
1395 2-9-1 Chuou, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164 Japan
1396 Tel: +81-3-3365-2911 Fax: +81-3-3365-2920
1397 E-mail: <zhou@opentech.co.jp>
1399 My profile is listed at: http://www.opentech.co.jp/~zhou/
1401 I have two years of experience porting and supporting GNU C Compiler and
1402 GNU Assembler at the Wingnut project of SRA, Inc., Tokyo.
1404 I can provide free consultation on these products if the problem is not
1410 For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask:
1413 ** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical **