Miguel de Icaza

“C# is my favorite programming language. It is a beautiful language.”

“Microsoft has changed. The Microsoft of today is a very different company.”

“I think open source is a lifestyle.”

“We believe that the future of application development is cross-platform.”

“Software patents are a menace to innovation.”

“What Mono brings to the table is a first-class, open-source, and cross-platform implementation of .NET.”

“For us, the value of GNOME is that it is a platform that we can build on top of.”

“Mobile is not a trend, it is the future of computing.”

“Patents are like submarines. You can't see them, but you know they are there. And you know they are armed.”

“I started the GNOME project because I wanted a free desktop that my parents could use.”

“The biggest challenge for open source is not the code, it is the user experience.”

“I’ve learned that you can’t make everyone happy, but you can build something that a lot of people love.”

“The problem with the enterprise is that it’s designed for partnership and collaboration, but it’s been architected for isolation.”

“The beauty of open source is that it's not just about the code, it's about the community that builds around it.”