Heh, I would imagine you could charge upward of five figures for similar work in an embedded system, especially if you support hot plug, port multipliers and non-data (SMART) commands.
That's the initial donations. Nearly all bounties, even the ones now in the $2K range started with a small donation. People and Corps add more monies to shove it into the four figure range. Which is why I announce a new bounty(s) on AE, AO, AWN and Moo to get the message out that it's open for donations.
Dammy
TeamAROS