-*- text -*- GNU Service Directory --------------------- This is a list of people who have asked to be listed as offering support services for GNU software, including GNU Emacs, for a fee or in some cases at no charge. The information comes from the people who asked to be listed; we do not include any information we know to be false, but we cannot check out any of the information; we are transmitting it to you as it was given to us and do not promise it is correct. Also, this is not an endorsement of the people listed here. We have no opinions and usually no information about the abilities of any specific person. We provide this list to enable you to contact service providers and decide for yourself whether to hire one. Before FSF will list your name in the GNU Service Directory, we ask that you agree informally to the following terms: 1. You will not restrict (except by copyleft) the use or distribution of any software, documentation, or other technical information you supply anyone in the course of modifying, extending, or supporting GNU software. This includes any information specifically designed to ameliorate the use of GNU software. 2. You will not take advantage of contact made through the Service Directory to advertise an unrelated business (e.g., sales of non-GNU-related proprietary information). You may spontaneously mention your availability for general consulting, but you should not promote a specific unrelated business unless the client asks. Please include some indication of your rates, because otherwise users have nothing to go by. Please put each e-mail address inside "<>". Please put nothing else inside "<>". Thanks! For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask: service@gnu.org ** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical **  Aaronsen Group, Ltd. 600 Grant St. Suite 5345 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 US +1 412 391 6000 voice +1 412 391 6006 fax http://www.aaronsen.com/gnu The Aaronsen Group provides several levels of service in the free software arena, from simple configuration and installation to large extensions and new development. We specialize in unique applications, but have the experience to handle all manner of prospects, from database-backed web-sites to high-end multiprocessor clusters. Our service area covers the US, with key offices in Pittsburgh, PA; San Jose, CA; and New York, NY. We are available for both hourly work (at $450 per hour, some qualified discounts are available) and fixed-price projects. Work is done on the client site, at our offices, or remote via Internet or telephone connection. Updated: 2002-04-18  ACT Europe 8 rue de Milan 75009 Paris +33 1 49 70 67 16 +33 1 49 70 05 52 fax www.act-europe.com ACT Europe, developer and maintainer of the Ada 95 GNAT Pro Development Environment, specializes in project support and consulting for users of GNAT Pro. GNAT Pro, based on GNU/GCC technology, is the most widely used Ada 95 development environment, and the ideal solution in environments where efficient and reliable code is critical. GNAT Pro is available on the widest number of platforms, from Unix workstations and PCs to bare boards and embedded systems. ACT Europe offers full Ada 95 solutions and is continuously enhancing and developing programming tools, debuggers and integrated development environments. We believe the Ada market and your project will best benefit from an open, non-proprietary technology, we have made all our products Open Source software by adopting the licensing policy of the Free Software Foundation. This means that all components of the GNAT technology, including the run-time, come with sources. Highest-quality, responsive support is a key ingredient in complex and reliable Ada software products. GNAT Pro, the leading Ada 95 development system, is the only Ada solution that comes with outstanding support. Please visit www.act-europe.com for further details of our products and services or contact us at UPDATED: 2004-02-13  Ada Core Technologies 104 Fifth Avenue, 15th Fl. New York, NY 10011 +1 212 620 7300 +1 212 807 0162 fax www.gnat.com Ada Core Technologies, developer and maintainer of the Ada 95 GNAT Pro Development Environment, specializes in project support and consulting for users of GNAT Pro. GNAT Pro, based on GNU/GCC technology, is the most widely used Ada 95 development environment, and the ideal solution in environments where efficient and reliable code is critical. GNAT Pro is available on the widest number of platforms, from Unix workstations and PCs to bare boards and embedded systems. Ada Core Technologies offers full Ada 95 solutions and is continuously enhancing and developing programming tools, debuggers and integrated development environments. We believe the Ada market and your project will best benefit from an open, non-proprietary technology, we have made all our products Open Source software by adopting the licensing policy of the Free Software Foundation. This means that all components of the GNAT technology, including the run-time, come with sources. Highest-quality, responsive support is a key ingredient in complex and reliable Ada software products. GNAT Pro, the leading Ada 95 development system, is the only Ada solution that comes with outstanding support. Please visit www.gnat.com for further details of our products and services or contact us at UPDATED: 2004-02-13  Alcôve ------ Alcôve, Centre Paris Pleyel, 153 bld Anatole France 93200 Saint-Denis France Email: Web: http://www.alcove.com Tél.: +33 1 49 22 68 00 Fax: +33 1 49 22 68 01 Founded in 1996, Alcôve's main purpose is to promote and support the use of GNU/Linux and OSS on the European market. Expertise in OSS innovation is the foundation of all Alcôve's activities. We provide key accounts and leading businesses in the field of IT with : Consultancy Engineering Training Support Technical watching brief OSS Certification - Validation - Guarantee Drivers for the linux kernel Company directory and unified messaging Linux Firewall Security Package Keys: support services, consulting, open source software, GNU/Linux, Apache, Perl, GNU, Samba, Zope, Imp, OpenLDAP Average daily rate, depending on the job : 1000 euros. Updated: 2002-06-12  Allegro Consultants, Inc. 1072 De Anza Blvd., Suite B101 San Jose, CA 95129-3532 USA +1 408 252-2330 voice +1 408 252-2334 fax http://www.gccsupport.com Allegro Consultants, Inc, in association with DIS International, is now offering annual support contracts covering the GNU Compiler Collection and related tools, including the GCC C and C++ compilers for MPE/iX. The free GCC C and C++ compilers have been available on MPE/iX for several years now, and are used for mission-critical applications by many organizations including Hewlett-Packard. Until now, assistance was available only from Mark Klein of DIS on a limited, voluntary basis. Mark is the person who originally ported GCC to the HP e3000, and he continues to maintain the software and port new versions. Support contracts start at $1,995.00/year for an organization (unlimited number of HP e3000 computer systems) with two designated callers. Additional options are available for large organizations who need to designate more than two authorized callers, or who want the additional security of 24x7 coverage. Updated: 2002-04-18  Amazonia Computing http://www.efn.com/~rick 5050 Donald St Eugene, OR 97405 541-485-7264 I provide development and technical support for free software and open source systems including embedded programming, GNU/Linux, the GNU development suite... I have over 10 years experience building and maintaining systems ranging from medical patient monitoring systems to Linux device drivers for custom PCI plug in cards. Rates range from $85.00/hr to $90/hr USD. Will work for a lower rate if in involves working in either Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, or Cuba. I am also willing to work on fixed price contracts. Updated: 2002-04-22  Dipl.-Inform. Gerd Aschemann Martinstr. 81f D-64285 Darmstadt Tel.: +49 173 3264070 http://www.aschemann.net/ - Consultant + Unix Network and System Administration + Distributed Systems and Middleware Infrastructures - former System Administrator (UNIX and NT) at CS Department, TU Darmstadt, Germany - 22 years working in the CS field, System administration on different platforms - 15 years with UNIX/Networking/FreeWare/GNU/X11 - 12 years courses on Operating Systems and Distributed Systems - Lectures on System and Network Administration - Platforms: Solaris, GNU/Linux, SunOS, Ultrix, HP-UX, Digital Unix, AIX, SCO, FreeBSDs - Distributed Platforms and Information Systems (CORBA, WWW, Java, SOAP) Rates are at 100,-- EUR (~90 US$) per hour minimum, depending on the job. I am willing to travel for sufficiently large jobs. Updated: 2002-04-23  Baker Research, Ltd. P. O. Box 4057, Leesburg, VA 20177 Phone: (703) 999-6719 (Voice) Web: http://www.baker-research.com email: Rate: $75.00/hr to $150.00/hr, or fixed-price projects. Services: --Full-lifecycle software development --Database design and migration --Programming (C/C++, tcl/tk, bash, perl) --Custom backup and archival systems --GNU/Linux system installation, configuration, and management --Customization of systems for user needs --Software product evaluation and recommendation --Cluster systems support -Installation, configuration, and management -MPI and Myrinet support --Data acquisition, management, visualization, and archival Updated: 2004-05-13  Don Barry, Ph.D. Ithaca, NY Astrophysicist with extensive and varied hacker background. Substantial expertise in mathematical modeling, instrument interface, low-level and high-level hardware control, statistical analysis, automated/mathematical typesetting. Also fluent in opto/electro/mechanical design. I try to find solutions using free software when possible and specialize in GNU/Linux platforms. Degrees also in chemistry and mathematics. Speak: C, APL, Fortran, J, Perl, Emacs Lisp, IDL, variety of machine languages from CDC CYBER (!) to x86 families, TeX/LaTeX, sendmail, and quite a few others. Experience on platforms from PDP to present. Rates: $75--$150 per hour + travel (if required) depending on the needs of the project, the level of support and availability required, and its interest to me. Services: consulting, design, porting, lecturing, support, project definition, system implementation. Updated: 2002-04-18  James Craig Burley 97 Arrowhead Circle Ashland, MA 01721 Email: Web: http://world.std.com/~burley/ Expertise (mainly Development and Maintenance): Compilers for Imperative Languages (author of GNU Fortran, aka g77) Operating System Kernels Tools/Utilities Microcode (mainly VLIW) and Assembler Software-Development-System Architecture (including APIs, IDEs) Debugging Documentation Authoring and Project Management Experience: Programming Languages such as C, Fortran Operating Systems such as Unix, GNU/Linux, Solaris, HP-UX Assembler/Microcode Languages -- RISC (such as SPARC), CISC, VLIW Scripting Languages API Design, Documentation, and Use Rate: $200/hour Updated: 2002-04-18  C2V Michel Delval 82 bd Haussmann Jean-Alain Le Borgne 75008 Paris France Tel (33 1) 40.08.07.07 Fax (33 1) 43.87.35.99 http://www.c2v.com/freesoft.htm e-mail: Services: we offer source or source+binary distribution, installation, training, maintenance, technical support, consulting, specific development and followup on the GNU software development environment: Emacs, gcc/g++, binutils, gas, gdb. Porting on new platforms, and professionally developing software with the GNU tools in the Unix/X11 environment since they were first available. Experience: GNU C Compilation toolchain for the SGS-Thomson D950 and ST20 DSP chips. GNU C compilation toolchain (cross-compiler, compiler, linker, assembler, debugger) for SparcV7 ERC32 based space systems (Sextant Avionique / Alcatel Espace). Feasability study, analysis and prototyping of a complete compilation toolchain based on the GNU programming tools for the CSEM RISC microprocessor family. Rates: from 800 Euros/day to 120 000 Euros/year, 40% discount for educational institutions, add taxes and expenses. Ask for list. Updated: 2002-04-25  Cendio Systems AB Teknikringen 3 SE-583 30 Linkoping SWEDEN +46 13 21 46 00 voice +46 13 21 47 00 fax http://www.cendio.com/ Cendio Systems develops, implements and integrates solutions based on Open Source Software. We also develop and market the Fuego Firewall(TM), an award winning and easy-to-use firewall, based on GNU/Linux. We offer professional services, including support, maintenance, integration and development in the following areas: * Embedded Linux * Client/Server Solutions GNU/Linux/BSD * Professional Training GNU/Linux, certifications from SAIR Linux/GNU * Open Source Strategy * Development/Adaptation of free software Cendio Systems have deep roots in Linkoping University, and was founded 1992 as Signum Support. Our headquarters resides in Mjardevi Science Park in Linkoping and we have an office in Stockholm. We are currently about fifty employees at both locations. Cendio Systems won the Lotus 'Tux Award' at LotusSphere 2000 for "the partner who best exemplifies a unique dedication to Lotus and Linux technologies and has successfully executed their vision in the marketplace." Cendio Systems have the following certifications and memberships: Association of Computing Machinery, Professional Membership COMPAQ System Specialist (Intel and Alpha Systems) Embedded Linux Consortium, Founding Member IBM Value Added Reseller (Netfinity) IBM Solution Provider (RS/6000) SAIR GNU/Linux, Accredited Center for education SGI Systems Integrator Rates: Please request our price list. Updated: 2001-05-09  CodeSourcery, LLC 9978 Granite Point Ct Granite Bay, CA 95746 (916) 791-8304 http://www.codesourcery.com CodeSourcery specializes in customization of, enhancements to, and support for all GNU software. We have particular experience in the field of programming tools, and have been responsible for many features in the GNU C and C++ compilers including the implementation of member templates and type-based alias analysis. Mark Mitchell, one of our co-founders, is a co-maintainer of the GNU Compiler Collection. We also have experience with GNU tools ranging from emacs to binutils to gdb to autoconf, and are willing to work on any and all free software projects. Please see our web page at www.codesourcery.com for more information about our products, services, and prices. Updated: 2002-04-19  Stuart Cracraft 25682 Cresta Loma Laguna Niguel, CA, 92607, USA Phone: 949-347-8106 Rate: negotiable Consultation topics: Entire GNU suite - porting, compilation, installation, user-training, administrator-training Method: via any combination of telephone, dialup, Internet, in-person, email. Experience: supporting GNU since project inception, original port of GNU Emacs to Sun Solaris, original author of GNU Emacs online tutorial. Expertise in C, Emacs Lisp, Perl, Expect, Oracle, Informix, SunOS, Solaris, NIS, NFS, system-monitoring via paging. Unix System and Database administration or development. Updated: 2002-04-20  Bruce Dawson - CodeMeta, Inc. London, NH USA 800-354-2209 Specializing in GNU tools such as CVS, gnats, bash, gawk, fileutils... Services: o 800 phone support. o Modification and development. o Training. Rate: Fixed rate deliverables or $110/hour for hourly work. http://www.codemeta.com Updated: 2002-04-23  DSS Distributed Systems Software, Inc. 3253 Georgia St. Richmond, British Columbia V7E 2R4 http://www.dss.bc.ca CANADA (604) 270-9559 GNU-related services: We specialize in support for GCC (mainly C and C++), including porting, retargeting, and customizing. Also, GNU and other free software that falls within our areas of expertise. Expertise: DSS provides software design, implementation, and consulting services for: o Client/Server architectures Including web-based systems, Apache web server customization, CGI, server-side processing, JavaScript, automatic web page generation o E-Security, including PKI and SSL o Directory systems, including X.500 and LDAP o High-performance and special-purpose distributed systems and databases o Computer networking and communication protocols Internet protocols such as TCP/IP and UDP, development of custom protocols o Creating and customizing "small", embedded, and special-purpose programming languages Rates: Consulting rates are $65-$200 USD per hour, plus applicable taxes. Fixed-cost projects are also possible. Updated: 2002-06-27  Gord Eagle Box 325 http://fig.org/gord/ Lumsden, SK S0G 3C0 Voice: (306) 731-3011 CANADA I will gladly help novice and intermediate computer users to install, understand, and use free software, whether or not I have prior experience with that software. I know my limitations well, and will freely give other contacts if I cannot solve your problem myself. I have over 5 years of experience with several of the major free OSes: GNU/Linux (Debian, Red Hat), NetBSD, FreeBSD, and GNU/Hurd. Some of my specialties are networking, Emacs, Automake, Autoconf, C, Perl, and shell script programming. My rates are negotiable depending on the task: usually $40-$60 (Canadian) per hour. Flat rates preferred. Updated: 2002-04-18  John W. Eaton , Experience: Original author and current maintainer of GNU Octave (http://www.octave.org). Derivatives of the Unix man utility that I wrote in 1990 are currently distributed with several GNU/Linux systems. Improved GNU Make's support for VPATH and object libraries on VMS systems. Various other enhancements and bug fixes for other free software tools. I have more than 19 years experience programming various languages and systems, more than 14 years as a user and system mangler of Unix systems, including Ultrix, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, BSD, IRIX, Digital Unix, and GNU/Linux. Long-time user of GNU tools on all these platforms. Programming: Octave, Matlab, C++, C, Fortran, Emacs Lisp, TeX/LaTeX, AWK, M4, Autoconf, Make, Lex & YACC, Unix shell programming, etc. Services: Anything related to programming and extending Octave. Porting, installation, and customization of GNU/Linux and GNU tools. Unix system administration. Rates: $100/hour + travel and expenses (if required). Will consider travel for short periods and/or sufficiently interesting jobs, but prefer to work via the net or email. Lower rates for non-profits. Updated: 2002-04-19  Noah Friedman 6114 La Salle Ave. #739 Oakland, CA 94611-2802 Author of several Emacs Lisp packages and parts of Emacs, as well as numerous network and unix system utilities. Co-maintained GNU Texinfo and Autoconf for a couple of years. Experienced unix systems engineer. FSF employee Feb 1991--Sep 1994. I can design and implement relational database services; perform installation, porting, and enhancement of all GNU software and any other free software, especially for linux- and unix-derived systems; design high-capacity hardware-redundant servers for production environments; provide consulting on the use of version control management. Fees negotiable, averaging $100-$150/hour. I can work in the California bay area or anywhere accessible on the Internet. For larger jobs I may be willing to travel. Updated: 2002-04-19  Ronald F. Guilmette RG Consulting 1751 East Roseville Pkwy. #1828 Roseville, CA 95661 Tel: +1 916 786 7945 FAX: +1 916 786 5311 http://www.monkeys.com/ Services: Development & porting of GNU software development tools. GNU Contributions: Invented, designed, and implemented the protoize and unprotoize tools supplied with GCC2. Designed and developed all code to support the generation of Dwarf symbolic debugging information for System V Release 4 in GCC2. Performed original port of GNU compilers to SVr4 system. Finished port of GNU compilers to Intel i860 RISC processor. Experience: 15+ years UNIX systems experience; 15+ years working on compilers and related tools. 10+ years working professionally on GCC, G++, and GDB under contract to various firms including the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), Data General (DG), Network Computing Devices (NCD), and Intel Corp. Other qualifications: Developer of commercial C and C++ compiler test suites. Former vice-chairman of UNIX International Programming Languages Special Interest Group (UI/PLSIG). Bachelor's and a Master's degrees, both in Computer Science. Rates: Variable depending upon contract duration. Call for quote. Updated: 2002-05-04  IDEALX 15-17 avenue de ségur 75007 Paris France Tel - +33144420000 Fax - +33144420001 http://www.IDEALX.com, http://www.IDEALX.org IDEALX is involved in the development of Open Source solutions,and ensures their deployment and maintenance. IDEALX also contributes to the community, by producing its own Open Source components such as : IDX-PKI (a 100% Open Source Public Key Infrastructure) see :http://idx-pki.idealx.com Development Technical support Technology watch Consulting Engineering Training Rates - Variable Updated: 2002-07-22  Ehud Karni Israel Support of Emacs & Emacs lisp, GNU/Linux, Cygwin. Fee: $75/hour. Updated: 2002-04-20  Bradley M. Kuhn http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn I am available for part-time system administration, software development and training. I have extensive experience with system administration of GNU/Linux systems and Free Software development. I have also taught courses in C++ and Perl. As an employee of the FSF, I have a unique perspective on the free software community. Please visit my homepage for more information on my background and skills. My resume is also available there. I am available for both 1099 and W2 on-site contracting in the Boston, MA, USA metropolitan area, as well as remote consulting via dialup or Internet connection anywhere in the USA. I am not interested in relocation. However, temporary (two week maximum) jobs with paid expenses at other locations will be considered. My rate varies greatly (between $25-$60/hour) depending on the circumstances. Rates for non-profit organizations will be on the lower end of the spectrum if I support your cause. Updated: 2002-04-20  Greg Lehey LEMIS PO Box 460 Echunga SA 5153 Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 Mail Services: Supply, porting, installation, consultation on all GNU products. Experience: 30 years OS and compiler experience, ports of most GNU products. Author of ported software CD-ROM for UNIX System V.4.2, "Porting UNIX Software" (O'Reilly), "Installing and Running FreeBSD" and "The Complete FreeBSD" (both Walnut Creek). Rates: Choice of AUD 300 per hour or hotline rates AUD 6 per minute. Outside Australia, $US 180 per hour or $US 3.50 per minute. Quick, well prepared questions by mail may be free. Updated: 2002-04-21  Alan Lehotsky Quality Software Management 634 West St Carlisle, MA 01741 Phone: (978)287-0435 Fax: (978)287-0436 Services: - Support for GNU compilers, including rehost/retarget - GNU Binutils rehost/retarget. - cgen/sim - Perl internals hacking - General system software work (SW tools, O/S, device drivers) - runtime library (especially floating point) - project management - software process improvement Experience: 20+ years of design and implementation of optimizing compilers. "Mr. Bliss" at Digital in the 70's and early 80's. Experience with Motorola 68k, PowerPC, SPARC, Intel x86 and IA64 (Merced), MIPS, NS32K, ADI SHARC DSP, VAX, PDP-11, PDP-10. Wrote or maintained compilers for Ada, BLISS, C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal, Modula/2, O/S experience includes Unix (OSF/1, SunOS, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX), VAX/VMS, Windows/NT, MacOS. 8 years experience with GCC internals, including major changes to support 8 bit bytes on word-address Analog Devices SHARC DSP and general support of PowerPC code generation. Retargetted gcc/binutils cross-tools to ASIC used in optical switch. Retargeted gcc to 8 bit "internet toaster" micro-computer. References available. Rates: $110/hr. fixed price possible for well-defined deliverables. Updated: 2002-04-18  Reuven M. Lerner Lerner Communications Consulting Ltd. PO Box 518 Modi'in 71700 Israel Phone: 08-973-2225 (within Israel) +972-8-973-2225 (outside of Israel) Fax: 08-973-0477 (within Israel) +972-8-973-0477 (outside of Israel) WWW: http://www.lerner.co.il We specialize in writing custom Web and Internet applications. In particular: - We create database-backed Web sites using Perl, Tcl, Python, Java, Apache, mod_perl, OpenACS, Zope, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. - We offer support and service for system administrators who need help with their GNU/Linux systems. - We offer training in a variety of programming languages (Perl, Tcl, Python, and Java) and in GNU/Linux administration. Consulting rates: $110/hour, or $85/hour for non-profits. (Our rates drop when we're hired on retainer or for projects that last longer than one week.) Updated: 2002-04-18  Richard Levitte Levitte Programming Spannvägen 38, I S-168 35 Bromma Sweden Tel.nr.: +46 (8) 26 52 47 (there is an answering machine) Cellular: +46 (708) 26 53 44 (there is an answering machine) e-mail: What I do: I work with various free software packages, mostly GNU ones, for Unix and VMS (the latter both on VAX and Alpha). I've been porting GNU Emacs to VMS between spring 1991 and somewhere in 1998. I've ported a bunch of other GNU programs as well. I maintain GNU vmslib. For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html Programs supported: To a varying degree (ranging from extension and porting to installation and simple questions) at the time of updating this entry: - GNU vmslib, emacs, autoconf, zip, diffutils, m4, patch, texinfo, C/C++; on both VMS and Unix. - Other GNU programs to a small degree; on Unix. For further info, look at http://www.lp.se/products/gnu.html Experience: Fluent in TeX/LaTeX and many programming languages. Modified key elements in Emacs (e.g., memory and process management) to work transparently on VMS. I have very good knowledge in the VMS operating system. I'm also knowledged in the a few Unix flavors. Well knowledged in cryptography as well as the development of the PKIX standards (both based on X.500 and RFC 2459) and involved protocols (SSL, OCSP, CMS, ...) For further info, see http://www.lp.se/~levitte/prof/resume.html Your Rate: $75-$100/hour (750-1000 SEK in sweden), plus expenses. My rates are negotiable, depending on how interesting the project is to me. Updated: 2002-04-18  Moss - Card Consulting Inc 16360 Broadway Avenue Building A, Suite 103-104 Cleveland OH 44137 USA www.mosscard.com +1 216 587 4343 +1 216 587 4342 Fax This dynamic Cleveland company offers the following services: - installation and configuration for SGI machines - Cross-platform development using wxWindows under GNU\Linux - Programming (C/C++,tcsh) - Compiler development using CORBA and gcc - Real-time Cross-Platform Development - Consulting - Engineering - Staff Augmentation We are Cleveland's first GNU\Linux developers, and one of our company's members has just launched NASA's first cross development tool. Our rates vary from ($50 - $400) USD depending on the nature of the project. Updated 2004-2-23  NetGuide Scandinavia AB Tankeg=E5ngen 4 S-417 56 G=F6teborg, Sweden +46 31 50 79 00 voice +46 31 50 79 39 fax http://www.netg.se NetGuide Scandinavia AB is a company that does consultant jobs and holds courses in the fields of Unix software, TCP/IP networking and Internet applications. The people behind NetGuide Scandinavia AB have many years of general Unix experience, both as system administrators and as programmers, and also extensive experience in maintaining the GNU programs; in administration as well as finding and fixing bugs. Services offered: - Installation and customizing GNU and other free software. We will make free software as easy to install and use as shrink wrapped programs. - Service and support subscriptions. - Warranty protection. - Customization and porting. - Subscriptions to new versions which we will send monthly or with any other interval. - Finding, recommending and investigating free software in any area of the customers choice. - Regular consulting. - Support on Internet service software, especially the free - Support on GNU/Linux. - Freeware based courses in Unix usage, C, C++, or any GNU tools Rates: For courses, contact us for a quote, For consulting, $60-120/hour, depending on contract length. Updated: 2000-12-13  Network Theory Ltd 15 Royal Park Bristol United Kingdom Tel: +44 117 3179309 Fax: +44 117 9048108 http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/ We provide software maintenance contracts for commercial users of the GNU Scientific Library. We can also provide general numerical consulting for all types of scientific and quantitative applications. Rate: $1495/year (950 ukp) for base maintenance contract. Updated: 2004-04-26  Thien-Thi Nguyen Solana Free Software ttn@glug.org San Diego, CA, USA Service: General Consulting and Hacking on all things GNU Resume: http://www.glug.org/people/ttn/resume.html Rates: no job too small, everything negotiable Updated: 2002-04-20  David Nicol Post office box 45163 Kansas City, Missouri 64171 http://www.tipjar.com/dnconsult Unix, GNU/Linux, Perl installation, C, C++, Lisp, Perl programming. CGI programming. Installation, porting. Specification development, design, implementation, documentation. Rate: $60/hour, or fixed contract. On-site support available in greater Kansas City area. Updated: 2002-04-23  Jonas Oberg (TeX: Jonas \"Oberg Rimfrostgatan 95 Rimfrostgatan 95 S-418 40 Goteborg S-418 40 G\"oteborg Sweden Sweden) Phone: +46-733-423962 E-mail: I offer support for most GNU software including the GNU Hurd and also do system administration on GNU systems. I can do free software development and have a good understanding of automake, autoconf, flex, bison, guile, texinfo and much more. Rates around USD$100. Updated: 2002-04-22  Francesco Potortì Via S.Stefano, 8 56123 Pisa, Italy Tel. (050)560671 Emacs: installation and maintenance, training and tutorials, customisation, extensions, troubleshooting. Author of some of the packages in the emacs distribution, has made the porting of emacs to the Motorola Delta architecture. Other: installation and maintenance of GNU software. Experience with hylafax, RCS, gperf, etags, smail, indent, diff, gawk, gcc, screen. Is the current maintainer of etags. Rates: 100 E/hour. Prefer e-mail communication to telephone. Qualifications: Electronic Engineering degree, Pisa. Full time researcher in CNUCE-CNR. Familiar with elisp programming, porting of C programs, low-level TCP/IP programming for embedded systems. Updated: 2002-06-28  Rodolphe Quiedeville 1 Quai Martin 56400 Auray France Tel (33 1) 613796341 http://rodolphe.quiedeville.org/ Experience: Original author and current maintainer of the Lolix project can be found at http://www.lolix.com I have more than 5 years experience on free software system administration. Programming: PHP, Perl, Unix shell Services: Anything related to free software network and system administration. Updated: 2002-07-01  Red Hat, Inc. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Toll free: 866-2REDHAT ext. 3005 +1 408 542 9600 voice +1 408 542 9699 fax GNUPro Tools Red Hat provides supported and maintained versions of gcc, g++, gdb with GUI, GNU linker and GNU macro assembler. In addition, Red Hat provides these GNU software development tools for well over many popular host-target configurations. Support includes bug fixes and semi-annual releases of the toolset. Each release is regression tested and includes substantial improvements and additions to the current release. Support is available through Incident support packages, or Unlimited support for specific user groups. GNUPro is available with standard, custom, and vintage toolchains for both native and embedded application development. New target processors are being added regularly. Rates for support for standard products start at $12,500. Embedded Linux Red Hat offers Red Hat Embedded Linux to companies looking for an open source and royalty-free runtime solution. Red Hat Embedded Linux currently supports certain ARM, StrongARM, and MIPS families of processors. Embedded Linux supports multiple graphics APIs, is compliant with POSIX APIs and thread support, can be configured as low as 512k memory footprint including TCP/IP and NFS built into the kernel, and supports journaling and transparent compression in filesystems. Support for new processors is available via Red Hat Professional Services. Updated: 2001-05-16  Relogic AB Pipersgatan 26 Box 868 SE-112 28 Stockholm SWEDEN web http://www.relogic.se e-mail info@relogic.se phone +46 708 800 000 fax +46 708 800 580 Relogic provides experienced unix developers that know and love GNU products. We can take on anything from single contractor support to full scale projects. We know all programming languages and all Unix dialects. Updated: 2002-04-19  RON's Datacom Co., Ltd. 79, DongWu Ave., Wuhan, Hubei Province 430040 China P.R. Tel +1370-113-0868(mobile) +86-27-83222108(office), Fax +86-27-83222108 http://www.rons.net.cn info@mail.rons.net.cn Ron's Datacom publishes the truly free ( the "free" in freedom) monthly periodical --- FREE SOFTWARE Magazine(FSM), offering a series of free software training courses entitled "Hackerdom", including: - Working with GNU Emacs; - Programming in Emacs Lisp; - Using and Porting GNU CC; - Flex and Bison; - Debugging with GDB; - Device Driver Development with GNU AS and C; - Shell Programming with BASH; - GNU Building Tools: Make, Automake, Autoconf, M4; - Typesetting and Layout Designing in TeX and PostScript; - Parsing XML Documents. - Source Code Version Management with CVS; - GNU Awk and Sed; RON's Datacom Typesetting Workshop offers professional typesetting service for both academic and commericial publishers, and solutions for building the modern electronic publishing system with industrial strength. Hong Feng gives speeches to the public about the philosophy of free software, and importance of freedom, suggestions for curriculum reforms of computing science department in the universities and colleges. Please visit our website (www.rons.net.cn) for more details. Updated: 2002-05-12 Phillip Rulon 122 Blossom Rd. Westport, MA 02790 USA 508.672.3007 15 years experience with GNU systems and tools. Available for any free software project. Most useful for network design and construction or dynamic web development. Very good Debian, Perl, and Apache. Boston, travel OK. $100/hr, flat rate possible. Updated: 2002-06-28  Sankhya Technologies Private Limited, III FLoor, #30-15-58 "Silver Willow", Dabagardens, Visakhapatnam - 530 020 INDIA Tel: +91 891 5542665 Fax: +91 891 5542666 http://www.sankhya.com/info/services/gnu/gnu.html SANKHYA Development is a package of software engineering services structured around select technologies in the areas of Compilers, Assemblers and Linkers, Debuggers. Our rich experience with such technologies enables us to deliver competitive software development services to you, customized to your specific requirements. Sankhya offers competitive and cost-effective GNU maintenance and support services for gcc, binutils, libtools and gdb. GNU Development and Maintenance focuses on providing C, C++ compiler development, assembler and linker development, debugger development, and compiler optimizations. For semiconductor and chip design companies we offer annual maintenance packages, and for software developers we offer annual support packages. Following services are provided for gcc, binutils, libtools and gdb, * Retargeting gcc, binutils, libtools and gdb for new processor architectures, including RISC, CISC, VLIW or DSP architectures. * Implementing processor specific optimizations. * Annual Developer Support for developers. * Maintenance packages for CPU/SoC vendors. We offer variety of development/maintenance packages. UPDATED: 2004-02-13  Sparkle Computer Co Ltd email: web: www.sparkle-cc.co.uk Specialists in software development and networks in London and South-East England, primarily using open source tools. - Network security implementation using iptables, snort - Network security testing using nmap and nessus - Web services infrastruture with apache, tomcat, perl, jboss - Software development in C, C++, java, perl - Databases including MySQL and PostgreSQL. - Mail services with sendmaill, MailScanner, spamassassin and virus scanners - Windows file and print services with Samba Development, configuration and consultancy services at 600 (pounds)/day. Fixed price negotiable. Managed administration and monitoring negotiable. Updated: 2002-07-01  Andre Spiegel Dipl.-Inform. Berlin, Germany Maintainer of the GNU Emacs version control package (VC). I can provide consulting and practical help for the installation and administration of GNU/Linux systems, in particular Debian. Also knowledgeable on many other Unix derivates, and network technology. Installation, porting and customization of GNU software is possible; I have programming experience in C, C++, Java, and Emacs Lisp, among others. Expertise in version control using RCS or CVS. I also give seminars on the above subjects. Rates: 75 EUR/hr (US$ 70) Updated: 2002-04-22  Name: Julian Stacey Location: Muenchen, Deutschland (Munich, Germany). Qualifications: University Degree, BSc Hons Computers & Cybernetics, 1980. Resume: http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/stacey/ (includes phone number). Rate: 80 - 100 Euros / Hour. Specialisation: Unix (Pref. BSD or Linux), C, X-Windows, FSF tools, firewalls, systems engineering, hardware interfacing, real time/embedded, custom design & porting. No { Emacs, Cobol, Microsoft }. Net Consulting: Link speed: DSL @ 768 K bit/s. Free Sources: BSD, X-Windows, XFree86, FSF; Personal sources on web. Free GCC-1.40: For Symmetric Computer Systems Model 375 (native cc is broken). Languages: I am English. Ich verstehe Deutsch. Je comprend Francais, (lentment!). Use Hoch Deutsch, not Bayerisch, Spell slowly & clearly, Use single digits, no inverted digit pairs etc. Contact: State aprox. amount of days/months you want to purchase professional consultancy .. OR .. Note I am NOT a free help desk ! Please post your questions to a newsgroup, for those with more time, knowledge, & inclination than I. Updated: 2002-04-19  Richard M. Stallman 545 Tech Sq, Rm 425 Cambridge, MA 02139 Emacs: anything whatever Is anyone interested in courses in using or extending GNU Emacs? Original inventor of Emacs and main author of GNU Emacs and GCC. Rates: $6/min or $250/hr. Updated: 2002-04-19  Static Free Software 4119 Alpine Road Portola Valley, Ca 94028 (650) 851-2927 http://www.staticfreesoft.com Static Free Software developed and supports the "Electric VLSI Design System". Steven Rubin, the founder of the company and author of Electric, is available for enhancements, support, and training. Please see our web page at www.staticfreesoft.com for more information about our products, services, and prices. Updated: 2002-04-19  Tommy Stiansen Skeielia 112 5238 Raadal Norway + 47 92 40 42 00 + 47 55 22 12 17 ts@pcias.no Special fields: Unix, GNU/Linux, Perl installation, C, C++, Lisp, Perl programming. CGI programming. Installation, porting. Specification development, design, implementation, documentation. Firewalls, security analysis. Porting Windows platforms to GNU/Linux. Teaching, preaching GNU/Linux / unix and Telecom. 15 years experience with GNU systems and tools. Most useful for network design and construction or dynamic web development. Expert in Apache, php, Mysql, Telecom related, C, Lisp, Perl. Updated: 2002-04-18  Swing Digital Ltd. 15-17 Middle Street Brighton BN1 1AL United Kingdom Tel +44 (0) 1273 20 11 66 Fax +44 (0) 1273 20 11 68 http://www.swingdigital.com Swing Digital actively supports the development of the GNU.FREE Internet Voting system. Through this support we have gained the unique expertise to support, install and run GUN.FREE-based Internet votes. We are also available in a consultancy basis to offer advice for organisations wishing to run GNU.FREE themselves. Our consultancy fees start at 900 Euro (550 UK pounds) per day. We are also able to securely host Internet Votes, prices on application. Updated: 2002-04-19  Kayvan A. Sylvan Sylvan Associates, Inc. 879 Lewiston Drive San Jose, CA 95136-1517 Phone: (408) 978-1407 Fax: (408) 978-0472 I will help you port, install and customize GNU Emacs, GCC, G++, GNUmake, bison, and other GNU tools on almost any architecture and operating system. Questions answered. GNU C/C++, Java and lisp hacking available. I will also do ongoing support and periodic upgrades if you get on my GNU software subscription list. Rates: $100-$125/hour, depending on type and quantity of work. Substantial discounts for long-term contracts and also for educational or non-profit institutions. Experience: Many different Unix systems (2.9BSD to 4.4BSD, Xenix, SVR3 and SVR4, Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD). Systems programming and system administration on all brands of Unix. Kernel hacking experience. Lots of porting experience. Updated: 2002-04-18  Alfredo Tomasini , GNU/Linux Intel desktop/laptop installation, setup, and networking. Installation of GNU tools on SunOS and GNU/Linux. Sed and Gawk script development. Languages: English and Italian. Fee: $50/hour. Updated: 2002-04-19  Tksoft Inc. Papinkatu 19 06100, Porvoo Finland +358 40 570 9900 http://www.tksoft.com/ Software development services for GNU programs. We can modify and fix GNU software. We will also develop new software under the GNU license. 10 years of experience in linux and other GNU software. We speak Finnish, Japanese and English. Updated: 2004-05-13  Leonard H. Tower Jr. 36 Porter Street Somerville, MA 02143-2313 USA +1-617-623-7739 Will work on most GNU, GPLed, and Open Source software. Installation, handholding, trouble shooting, extensions, teaching, etc. Rates: $ 250.00/hour + travel + expenses. Fixed fee quotes available. Negotiable for non-profits. Experience: Have hacked on over a dozen architectures in many languages. Have system mothered too many varieties of Unixes. Assisted rms with the front end of GCC and its back-end support. Installed and worked with many GNU programs including GNU Emacs. Resume available on request. Updated: 2002-04-18  Xetpoint Oy P.O. Box 43, FIN-33961 Pirkkala, Finland Email: Web: http://www.xetpoint.fi/ Services: - GNU/Linux system installation, configuration and maintenance - GNU/Linux system administration - GNU/Linux consultation and support - GNU/Linux and free software customization - Network administration - Free software development and integration - Training - Security analysis Rates: 80 EUR/hour or fixed contract. Updated: 2004-02-13  Wasabi Systems 500 E. Main St., Suite 1520 Norfolk, VA 23510 +1 757 248-9601 voice +1 509 461-7283 fax http://www.wasabisystems.com/ Wasabi Systems provides service and support for the popular GNU development tools, as service packages and as stand-alone software distributions. We provide cross-compilers and cross-debuggers to be used for developing all types of embedded systems. We specialize in optimizing the GNU tools for particular targets, and in providing support for standardized tools to be used on multiple types of hosts for multiple types of targets. We provide first- and/or second- tier support for you and/or your end-users. Support is available in a variety of packages, with a base rate of $200/hour. Updated: 2004-03-02  Jody Winston xprt Computer Consulting, Inc. 731 Voyager Houston, TX, 77062 (281) 480-UNIX, We have supported, installed, and used the entire GNU software suite for over 10 years on many different Unix platforms. We have written character device drivers and proc file systems for custom hardware running on GNU/Linux. We have developed extensions for tcl and Python. In addition, we have developed a custom X11 server and X input extensions. Our consulting rate is $150.00 US dollars per hour, negotiable, plus a per diem for out of town work. Updated: 2002-04-19  The Written Word Web: http://thewrittenword.com Email: info@thewrittenword.com Tel: (800) 372-7476 The Written Word provides CDs of pre-compiled Open Source applications on popular UNIX variants. Clients can purchase a one-time CD set ($149/set), or a subscription, which provides four quarterly releases. Two types of subscription are available: "media only" ($550/year), or "media and updates" ($1459/year). The "media and updates" subscription entitles the subscriber, via a web site, to patches, security fixes, new releases to existing packages, new packages, online documentation, and changelog information, between releases, and a central bug tracking system for all packages. Updated: 2000-11-27  For a current copy of this directory, or to have yourself listed, ask: service@gnu.org A current version should be available on our web site at: http://www.gnu.org/prep/service.html ** Please keep the entries in this file alphabetical **