Survey: interest in subcontract development

[D Uhlman]

You can also see
http://pluglist.macrosift.com/pipermail/plug-discuss/2002-July/028362.html
in the plug archives as there seems to be a lot of interest in forming some
sort of local alliance. I am interested in this as a means of expanding the
amount of local business my company does. (I am personally interested in
projects as well)

Also if you see my message earlier today in runs in a similar vein.

I intend to sample the interest and perhaps put together a meeting of linux
professionals to see what we can drum up.


Sincerely,
David Uhlman
CTO 50km Inc.
office(877-571-7679)
mobile(602-770-9551)
fax(509-752-3882)
email(duhlman@50km.com)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vaughn Treude" <treude@getnet.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:02 AM
Subject: Survey: interest in subcontract development


> Hello all:
> I've been an independent consultant for seven years now-- what that
actually
> means is that I'm a contractor, but I don't go through the body shops
because
> I have my own corporation.  Anyway, I've always thought about looking for
> work on more of a project basis, but I don't have a list of people who'd
be
> willing to help.  So I was wondering, how many of you plug folks (a) are
> professional developers, preferably C/C++ and/or SQL or other DBMS (b)
still
> reside in the Phoenix area and (c) would be interest in doing subcontract
> work? (in Linux, of course)  I have nothing lined  up at the moment, but
I've
> realized that in these lean economic times, I have to make my own work,
> unless I'm willing to take whatever a recruiter feels like handing me.
I'm
> not looking for any commitments, just a rough idea of what the interest
would
> be within PLUG or elsewhere.  Also, I'm not interested in making big bucks
> off other peoples' work, I'd just like to be able to tackle something a
> little more challenging than doing work by the hour.  And yes, I have done
> flat-rate projects, too (as an individual contracting for someone else),
so I
> have a reasonable acquaintance with work statements, milestones, and the
like.
> One thing I've noticed is how many small businesses have networked
computer
> systems these days, and I was wondering how many of them would be
interested
> in saving money by using Linux servers rather than NT.  We could use
Samba,
> of course, so they wouldn't have to wean their clerks off Windows.   (This
is
> about the full extent of my "market research" so far.)
> I'd greatly appreciate any feedback or comments.
>
> Vaughn Treude
> Nakota Software, Inc.
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