Survey: interest in subcontract development

[Vaughn Treude]

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.