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type = "news"
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title = "The time is now: Michael Lotz on a long term contract."
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date = "2011-06-29T23:35:12.000Z"
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tags = ["hiring", "haiku-inc", "donations", "contracting"]
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<img src="/files/target.png" border="8" align="right" />
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<p>
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Haiku, Inc. is ecstatic to announce
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<b>Michael Lotz (AKA "mmlr") on a 6 month contract</b> developing Haiku!!
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There is the intention to renew this contract for another 6 months,
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making Michael to be the first person to be paid to work on Haiku for an
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entire year and you can make that a reality!
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</p>
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<p>
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The goal of his contract would be to work on anything and everything
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to bring Haiku closer to its first production quality release, better known
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as "R1". The scope, variety and quality of code that Michael has produced
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over the past six years and even more recently, gives Haiku, Inc. the fullest
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confidence in his ability to succeed in every task that he works on.
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<b>Simply put, Michael gets the job done and done right.</b>
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<p>Here's some of his planned top priorities</p>
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<ul>
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<li>offer assistance with WPA/WPA2 if not done</li>
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<li>additional polishing of usb_hid</li>
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<li>porting usb_scsi target (think USB CD writers)</li>
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<li>QEMU re-port including KVM, which allows hardware virtualization</li>
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<li>general bug hunting</li>
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<li>depending on access to hardware -- boot issues and driver issues</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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As mentioned above, this is something more than just a one or two month contract that has
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been supported so far. In fact, <b>this would be a ground breaking event</b> --
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both in terms of utilizing financial contributions to advance Haiku
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and the time commitment from a developer. And you can help make it possible!
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</p>
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<p>
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Ideally, this contract would be Michael's primary income for the entire year.
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His monthly wage will be 2,300 CHF
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per month, which works out to about $16,500 USD for the first six months.
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Each month, Michael will be committed to 130 hours of development time.
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Between the monies from Haiku's participation in Google Summer of Code 2011,
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the recent R1 Alpha 3 Commemorative CD and the average monthly donations,
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the funding for the first six months will be possible.
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The available funds would definitely be tight, but it can be done.
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</p>
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Michael actually quit his job in order to work full time on Haiku. He
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is currently in the process of leaving his current employer, where he
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needs to still stay a bit due to existing obligations. After that his
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contract to work on Haiku will start, which will most likely be around the end of August.
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</p>
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<p>
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Here are some more details about Michael Lotz.
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He has been with the project for over six years.
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During that time, his contributions ranged across the board.
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<li>most of the USB stack, including working out the host
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controller drivers, the stack itself and the interface up to the
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userland via the USBKit.</li>
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<li>the initial native GCC 4 port for Haiku</li>
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<li>various drivers, including for USB devices and WLAN</li>
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<li>a framework to generically handle human interface devices and the
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driver for USB HID devices that uses it</li>
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<li>the recent support for IO-APICs and IRQ routing to get many previously
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non-usable devices working (read more at <a href="http://haikuware.com/20110510574/interview-michael-lotz">Haikuware</a>)</li>
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<li>other various firsts for Haiku can be read at Michael's <a href="http://haiku.mlotz.ch/">old blog</a></li>
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</ul>
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As you can see, he has worked on pretty much all levels and components of Haiku
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through hunting down bugs and implementing features.
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</p>
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<p>We have been wanting and waiting for this.</p>
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<p>We are all ready to help take Haiku to the next level.</p>
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<p>And you can take part and <a href="http://www.haiku-inc.org/donations.html">donate today</a>.</p>
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