i have just finished my final day with my employer.
his parting gift to me after 9 years of service was to give me only half my final paycheque.

i had resigned after having to make a tough choice between finishing the open source onedotzero controller, or staying in work to do his closed project and letting down all the people in the collaborative endeavour.

i had hoped and prayed for the future to be bright and was planning to use this final paycheque as a buffer. I have put applications for jobs at nokia and surrounding companies, but I have simply run out of time.

i believe in this platform with all my heart and have been involved with it for a long time and think I have been making a difference.

i cannot afford now to go to the summit (hotels and airfare is only one small fraction).
i have to stop everything and concentrate on finding a local job to keep my family afloat.

we simply cannot afford to pay the bills.

if anyone can help, i have a paypal account on my server: http://liqbase.net

Good luck pal. I would imagine that the onedotzero controller is a pretty cool feature on your resume

Wow.... Very bad news...

What your employer did was not legal, by the way.

We all talk about how open source helps our operating system and our apps. Features and bugfixes come so fast and furious with all the help. People here want a part of marketing and brainstorming and everything else having to do with Maemo.

Let's apply this to getting lcuk a job. If anyone has any openings, please pass them along to him ASAP.

It's the least we can do for him.

Please try to come to the Summit anyway.... We all want to see you!!!

I'm sure you can get all your meals paid for, at least... I'm sure we can all chip in for your train/bus fare, too.

The Summit is also a good networking opportunity for you, and I don't mean WLAN.

nokia should step up and if they can't offer him a job hire him for a project so the transition period will be smoother... if they can buy dopplr for millions i am sure they will be able to hire a great Software Architekt

lcuk thanks for the onedotzero project & sorry to hear it has cost you your job

yes qole it is a great place.
which was why i put a lot of faith in getting there.

it is the end of the end though - i come back from the summit with no way to last until word comes through.
this month i am ****ed.

btw, he technically is entitled because apparently i have to work the full year to get my holiday entitlement.

Your donation button points to a "tbrooke" address, is that correct?

yes qole
tracy brooke, mrs le coq

Come on everyone, pass around the virtual hat, and pitch in a few dollars or pounds or rubles or rupees.