We are excited to tell you about another proposal for contract development!
This time, it is from <strong>Axel Dörfler. He is proposing to work 120 hours at $14
per hour, for a total of $1,680.</strong> To remind you of the sheer awesomeness of this,
Axel has been with the Project since nearly the beginning -- he joined a few
months after it was started in 2001. Axel was also
<ahref="/blog/axeld/2005-10-13/haikus_first_employee">Haiku's first employee back</a>
in 2005! This is a chance to get him back in the saddle -- or, according to some jokes,
back in the basement -- coding Haiku full time for a few weeks.
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<strong>Astonishing Update:</strong> In a mere <strike>24 hours, over $800</strike><strike>36 hours, over $1,100</strike><strong>42hours, over $3,000</strong> has been donated! Your response has been overwhelmingly amazing. Thank you for all of your support!
<ahref="/conference/2010_operating_systems_workshop_sbc_2010">SBC</a>, <ahref="/conference/2010_f%C3%B3rum_internacional_software_livre_fisl_11">FISL</a>, and other smaller expenses.
We would need to pay Axel directly from our financial reserves.
Normally, we like to keep $5,000 as this provides a nice buffer for a rainy day so to speak.
Sometime after September, the money from Google Summer of Code will arrive.
But before then and <strong>without any donations for paying Axel, our balance would go below $3,500.</strong>
That is a situation we want to avoid. But if need be, we will make it work.
Even if it means crossing off other items in the future.
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I know you enjoy using Haiku and want to see it shine.
This is your chance to pay one of our top developers to write code for Haiku!
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<ahref="/community/donating_to_haiku">You donate.</a> He codes. We all use Haiku.