As some of you may already know, Magnus has given me the contract. I'm writing this because I want to make a few things known:
First and foremost, I told Magnus that if any of the senior developers wanted this project (Ron, Stefan, Peter, David, Uwe, you guys know who you are), to give it to them. You guys have been doing this a lot longer than I have, and you definitely deserve it if you want it. If no one else stepped up, I had a pretty good idea that I could do it. If any of the senior devs still want this project, I'm willing to turn it over, or if someone feels you're more qualified than me, please email me privately and we will discuss it. I don't want their to be any feelings of discontent over this.
Second, I have no intention of blowing the money on a car or some insane new gaming system. Most of this will be going straight to the University of Maine, to pay off my debts so I can go back to school this fall. I've been working a full-time job and also part time under the table trying to pay off my debts so I could go back this fall, and still wasn't going to be able to make it. This was just exactly the opportunity I needed. I intend to take at least a week off work just to work on this, and it will also help to cover that cost.
Third, all the code I make will be submitted back to the LinuxBIOS project, which means that in the future we will be able to support the latest Epia-series and other embedded boards, which we've been seeing an increased demand for. I feel this is the most important part of this whole ordeal.
Fourth, if anyone wishes to help, please email me privately. There may be some money involved, but only if the code is done by the 20th (which is a very tight schedule, IMO), and as I said before, most of it is earmarked already. We can discuss it.
The problem with the whole bounty system is that someone always gets left out. Heck, everyone but one person gets left out. It's not fair, I agree, but in the long run it's for the good of the project.
-Corey