Request for Quotes

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Greetings

I require quotation from interested parties, EU preferred, for a project Starting Sep 2010. The project is being apllied under the ERDF scheme (20 million for industry http://www.20millionforindustry.com) and pre-application already approved. I cannot divulge specifics though if you have questions I will do my best to answer them. The way the budget will be used is flexible, hence the red tape and the planning in advance; that means that parts of the projects can be outsourced as projects, or retainers for part or full employemt. In any case the idea is working in a small knit team.

To the meaty parts:

1) API based GUI skeleton which is platform independent (target OSes Windows 32/64, Linux and Mac)

A set of routines which can build a screen or for printing; Not as felxible as PB, ie the display will always have specific look and feels, but must have a "themes" feature. The aim is to facilitate program development at the cost of some flexibility.

2) Inidividual enhancements to API per OS

The modules in 1) should be optimized per OS even with the possibility of adding or removing features on a specific OS

3) Scripting Language VM with basic optimizer based on MS Excel functions (NOT VBA)

A parser which understands MS Excel functions including its co-ordinate system and evaluates them and converts them into mnemonics; It has to have a form of optimizer since excel as a grid can be very repetitive.

4) Database independent API focusing on interoperability
A simple example; in sqlite and mysql "select * from table limit 10" and mssql "select top 10 * from table"
An API is needed which takles these issues such as
> sqlBuildStatemen( dbHandle, tables, from, where ) ; From handle API deduced the proper method
But that is not all, each database has some advanced feature
mysql and sqite: have compiled statements
mssql and oracle: have stored procedures
API has to makeuse of these features transparently in an inteligent way

5) All-in-1 Designer encompassing the above with some twists
The designer will create schemas including database commands, scripting and design layout for screen or reporting and including database linking using the API 4)

An explanation on 2

Though portability is nice, each OS has its strengths and weaknesses. To my knowledge it is difficult to find developers who are proficient in all OSes; in this case say a Mac expert would take a function or a subset of functions in 1) and optimize it for his given platform. Same for Widnows and for linux.

1. Serious candidates should provide reference of their knowledge in teh applied field.
2. It is also possible that candidates apply for any or all of the projects provided they provide a quote per field.

Though PB is the language of choice, it is by no means necessary coding will be only in PB. I myself use C besides PB; but it is for sure fundamental that modules written will work with PB.

The chosen candidate(s) will be announced provided project is approved in December 2009

Thanks

EDIT:

contact info: terence@en3.biz

EDIT: 18/Sep/2009
I have expanded the topics for more information. Applicants who are interested should email me with the topics they are interested in and can ask questions about them which I will do my best to answer and/or email a quotation in Euros or Dollars with the estimated time to completion

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Maybe one of the Admins should make another section named 'Jobs' or 'Freelance' or something - for threads like this?