🚀 go-pugleaf

        Hello. I am a Software Engineer with 10 years  experience
working  in  and around the Boston area.  Right now, I am looking
for 2-4 other Software Engineers in the Boston area to assist  in
an  ongoing  project  on  Unix,  Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2 and
perhaps Apple and Next systems as well. The Unix systems  I  have
in  mind  right now are Solaris x86, Unixware, Linux and SCO. All
PC based Unix. All development up until now has been  in  C++  on
Unixware.

        This project is one in which if the people working on  it
at the time of it's completion feel that it is marketable, we can
jointly form a development company, market it  and  sell  it.  In
other  words,  I'm looking for other Software Engineers who would
like to possibly form a start-up and  develop  our  own  software
products.  Need people willing to brain-storm on possible markets
to target and applications to develop.

        There is absolutely no funding for this  right  now.  The
Engineers   must   provide   their   own   PC's  and  development
environments. Preferably more than one development environment.

        The main thrust of the development up until now has  been
to develop the following:

        * A portable  graphics  library  that  spans  all  native
windowing system API's.

                - Motif                 
		- WIN32                 
		- PM                 
		- MAC                 
		- Next

        The current status is that I have created a C++ based API
that  has  roughly  200  unique calls that map to various X/Motif
calls for doing such things  as  creating  push  buttons,  dialog
boxes,  etc.  This  API in theory should be easily able to map to
WIN32, PM and Next also. I just haven't gotten that  far.  Hence,
this  post. This software could potentially act as the foundation
for this project, or not. It's wide open.

        My idea though, is whatever may be  developed,  must  run
natively  on  all  Intel platforms. I'd also like to extend it to
the PowerPC if possible.

        I think what is needed, is roughly 3-4 people willing  to
supply  their own hardware platforms. Their own Operating Systems
and development  environments.  be  willing  to  brain-storm,  be
flexible,  put in the necessary time on the side, and potentially
backup the product financially in  the  absence  of  any  venture
capital.

        So if something like this fits in with what you'd like to
do, please feel free to drop a line to this account. Please state
the following when responding:

        o A text based resume would be perfect....           
	o # Years  you've  been a Software Engineer.          
	o Why would you like to be a member of this project.           
	o What  Operating Systems  interest you the most for development?
	o if you were to join this project, what Operating  Systems  and
	  development environments could you contribute and develop on?

        Here's my responses to some of the above questions:

I have  a  BS  in  Computer  Science,  1985.           I've  been
developing  software  professionally  for  10  years.  I've  been
contracting for the last 5+ years. I've developed mainly on  Unix
systems,  with  alot  of my development in the graphics area. The
last 5+ years being spend in and around the X Window System. I've
done Unix device drivers, applications development using X/Motif,
a little bit  of  DOS  programming,  X  Window  System  internals
development.  Been  to  companies  like Digital Equipment, Lotus,
Compugraphic, Number Nine  Computer  Corp,  GTE  Labs,  Cabletron
Systems, Interactive Systems, Wang Labs.

        What drives me to want to do something like this  is  the
fact  that  I'd  love  to  start  my  own  company. And theres no
motivator like  money.  If  I'm  going  to  spend  alot  of  time
developing  something  in my spare time, I'd like to get rewarded
for it somehow. Even if something gets started and it  all  falls
through  in  the  end,  I feel something positive will definitely
come from it all. If nothing else,  more  stuff  to  put  on  the
resume  to  make yourself more marketable as an Engineer. Nothing
ventured, nothing gained...


	I will try to respond by July 1, depending on how many 
replies I get.

Jim