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Hi everyone, |
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As many of you know, I've spent the last couple of years writing |
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articles for IBM developerWorks in addition to leading the development |
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of the Gentoo Linux free software project. |
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What you may not know is that my IBM dW articles -- sold to a media |
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company which in turn resells them to IBM for a profit -- have been my |
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sole source of income over the last couple of years, and this source |
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now appears to be drying up. |
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Unfortunately, changes in IBM developerWorks' production schedule have |
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put me in a very precarious financial situation. Since I can no longer |
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depend upon a steady stream IBM dW article contracts as a means to |
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support myself and my family, I need to officially begin my search for |
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new work. |
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I'm hoping that you can help. Please let me know if you know of any |
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employment or contracting opportunities where my expertise could be put |
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to use. The work need not be prestigious, nor does the pay need to be |
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extravagant. If you know of any possibilities, please contact me at |
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drobbins@g.o. |
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Alternatively, if any company or companies would be willing to pay my |
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salary or a portion of my salary so that I could work on Gentoo Linux |
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full-time, this would of course be ideal. If you're able to assist in |
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this way, please email me. |
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Please note that the "Make a donation" link on our Web site at |
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http://www.gentoo.org allows you to donate funds to assist with |
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development-related hardware expenses, bandwidth costs and expenses |
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related to our .org presence at the LinuxWorld Expo 2003 in New York |
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City. I encourage you to donate to our developer expense fund if you are |
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able and willing. |
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Also, anyone who wants to use the "Make a donation" link to send money |
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to *me* personally must clearly indicate this in your donation comment. |
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Any donations without a "for Daniel Robbins" comment will be placed into |
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our normal development expense fund. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins |
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Chief Architect, Gentoo Linux |
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http://www.gentoo.org |