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["Brian Verre" <bverre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I support this bounty idea (don't have much time to help in other ways ATM). 
I'll put forward US$50 each on #3,#6 and on #7 by Friday @ haikuware. Also, 
maybe we should have a Java bounty (given there is someone picking that up 
again).
 
I would like to offer this as well: I have a bunch of custom EFI code (two 
working bootloaders, not elilo) that was gathered for an AppleTV project, and 
some good documentation. Some of this code is not online anymore, and I had to 
track down the authors to get copies. Semthex from the OSX scene could help you 
with EFI too, btw. Good guy, capable hacker. The project licensing is fairly 
open if I remember, if anyone would like copies email me at bverre@xxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:bverre@xxxxxxxxx> . One is the last SVN code from that XP on Mac bounty 
that won for a little over $10k.
 
Thanks Karl!

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From: openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Karl vom Dorff
Sent: Tue 7/17/2007 4:01 PM
To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [openbeos] Bounties


Dear all,

As you may know, I have come to the decision to resurrect a bounty project. I 
believe that Haiku is far from where it was the last time we tried this; if you 
recall, Haiku didn't even have a website back then! Some may have seen the 
project as a failure, while in the end, I believe everyone came out happy since 
the proceeds were donated to Haiku. 

A while back I held a poll asking users where they'd like to see a renewed 
bounty project - At Haiku or Haikuware. Surprisingly, 60% voted in favour of 
having it at Haikuware. I had mixed feelings about this and then gave a weeks 
notice to every registered user at Haikuware (of which there are a few Haiku 
devs) to have a discussion about a bounty project. I also gave another email to 
remind everyone 15 minutes before the discussion. I was a little upset not to 
get any input from anyone directly related in the active development of Haiku, 
but as a couple of people said in the discussion, Haiku shouldn't have to worry 
about bounties, and a third party should help with that. 

It took some contemplating on my part, but with that discussion, the lack of 
turnout, and the results of the poll, I've decided that I would host the 
project at Haikuware. I realize this may not be ideal for some, but I can't 
please everyone. Even Axel commented that Haiku would get a bounty system with 
or without me, and that it was just a matter of time. And that's fine, but 
until then, I'd like to ask for Haiku's support with what we have, and that 
will be a fully functional bounty system at Haikuware within the next couple of 
days (I just have to work out some of the rules and guidelines). I'm pleased to 
announce that we will team up with OSDrawer.net <http://osdrawer.net/>  to host 
any of the bounty projects.

What I'm asking for, is for developers with a thorough knowledge of Haiku 
identify some 'show stopping' parts of Haiku that are missing for the R1 
release. I've identified these areas (not all are R1 material), but would like 
to hear first hand from Haiku devs what they feel is needed: 


1) Hardware/driver management and database program (as described in the news 
<http://www.haikuware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=1>
 ). An implementation similar to that of the hardware database program on the 
Kubuntu <http://www.kubuntu.com/download.php>  and Ubuntu 
<http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download>  LiveCDs would be ideal.

2) A simple CD burning application with support for Data/Audio/Disc Images 
3) NDIS Wrapper <http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/>  

4) LIRC <http://www.lirc.org/>  port (Project started 
<http://bebits.com/app/3860>  on BeOS) 
5) CUPS <http://www.cups.org/>  port
6) Webkit port.
7) EFI module (boot EFI motherboards)
8) Haiku Drive Setup
9) Haiku Bootman
10) Intel, Via and Nvidia SATA drivers (port Syllable's FreeBSD drivers?)

I am open to criticism about the project, but, try to keep things on a 
constructive level please!

Regards,

Karl