Can I ask what hardware you deem necessary (for $850) to reprogram mining pool code?
From his FB page, doesn't look like he wants to reprogram a mining pool - he wants to reprogram a mining
client.
Mining clients will become extinct when the ASICs come out.
In the Fall of 2012, our team spent countless hours researching and using various mining programs from across the web. We compiled a list of what we like and what we didn't, and with these characteristics in mind, we will build what we think will be the best mining program out there.
Makes me wonder why the OP didn't correct the "mining
pool" comment when he replied, and if he knows he is programming soon-to-be-useless software.