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[Allen Brunson <brunsona@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey guys,

I've been away from the BeOS scene for a good long while, so I'll refresh your
memory.  In 2000, I released a USENET newsreader for BeOS called Pineapple
News.  I sweated blood over it for like nine months or so.  It was good enough
to get me hired at Be.  I worked there for seven months, then Be went out of
business.  R.I.P., Be and BeOS.  Currently I'm a Linux server programmer
living in Nashville, TN.

I had my doubts that Haiku was ever going to amount to anything.  But it looks
like you guys have really been plugging away, and have something that's pretty
close to usable.  I am impressed.  I guess what alerted me to the status
change is that my sad little website is getting an increasingly large number
of hits for BeOS in general and my newsreader in particular.

I've received several requests for me to release the source code for Pineapple
News, or at least a binary that doesn't expire.  Since you guys are doing most
of the work on Haiku, I guess that's the least I could do.  I haven't had time
to dedicate to this task for awhile, but today is my last day at my job, so
now I can put some time into it.  I'm writing here to say that yes, I hear
you, I'm working on it, give me a little time to dig out the old computer I
used for BeOS stuff and see if I can remember what's what.

Terrible self-plug alert: I'll be looking for contract work or another
full-time job pretty soon, if anybody's got anything.  I'm good at Linux
development, C++, MacOSX development, Objective-C, TCP/IP, and standard
internet protocols, and I'm in the process of teaching myself Ruby on Rails. 
And I think you know I have some experience with BeOS (heh).  I'd be
particularly happy to do iPhone development.  I'm open to pretty much anything
that doesn't involve Microsoft.

Regards,
Allen Brunson