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Services provided as a Company with 2 java people

Homepage URL http://www.universe.digex.net/~chopson

Portfolio/Resume URL http://www.universe.digex.net/~chopson

Availability
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Location
Baltimore/Washington Metro area

Best way to contact
chopson@universe.digex.net
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Keywords:
Java / C / C++
Win32 / Relational databases (Oracle) / Real-time
Specialites
Specialize in Windows/Unix client/server systems
and Java based clients.  Relational database
programming (SQL - Oracle).  Also have extensive 
experience in consumer electronics 
(mainly settops) such as DAVID/OS-9.  This makes
Geist well suited for networked interactive
multimedia applications such as home shopping
and video-on-demand.
Preferred projects
Client/server systems (internet, intranet, or
other) using Java, C, C++ or
combination thereof. Networked interactive 
multimedia. 
Platform of focus
Windows/Unix client/server systems
or Java based clients.  Consumer electronics 
(settops) such as DAVID/OS-9.
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Past projects
Geist developers were the lead architects of
Bell Atlantic's "Stargazer" interactive 
television system.  Years of experience on
Windows/Unix based client/server systems.
Have worked on the Internet since the late 80s.
The president of Geist and another member 
will have a major book on Java released
in the near future.
Programming background
Years of GUI (especially Windows) development in
C and Visual C++.  Experts on Win32 API, 
concurrent programming (IPC, RPC, and sockets),
writing Unix services,
and real-time. 
Object-oriented programming in Java and C++.
Much work in relational databases, both SQL and
administration.  Writing compilers and
script languages.

Languages background
C, C++, Java, HTML, Visual Basic, SQL Windows
 

Software-environment background
Visual C/C++/MFC
Java
Visual Basic
Windows 95
Unix
WWW
Oracle 7
DAVID/OS-9
TCP/IP
Multimedia tools such as Macromedia Director
Hardware background
PC based systems
Sun workstations
Silicon Graphics
LANs
Communications

OS background
Windows - Win32, 95, 3.1, NT
Unix
DAVID/OS-9
MS-DOS
Macintosh

Miscellaneous technology background
Specialize in the architecture and 
implementation of distributed computing
systems.  This also includes design
of custom languages.
Tools available - SOFTWARE
Windows 95, Netscape Navigator, Visual C++,
Unix

Tools available - HARDWARE
PC based systems
Sun workstations
Silicon Graphics
LANs
Modems

Tools available - NET
Internet provider
LANs
Servers
Browsers (mainly Netscape)
PPP
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Resouces offered to the public - free/demo/trial
Demo, upcoming Book software

URL for more info http://www.universe.digex.net/~chopson

Predictions for Java
Java will not only be widespread on Internets and
Intranets, but will also become a dominant
language in its own right, like C++.  There will
be a surprisingly large number of Java 
applications built for specific platforms
using native compilers.



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