Miguel de Icaza

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Mexican free software developer

Mexico DevelopersBorn 1972 · age 53

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Fame68.6

Momentum3.5

Reach5,372

Languages25

In century#9,821

He built the desktop Linux users actually wanted, then spent years reverse-engineering Microsoft's stack so .NET code could run anywhere - a bet that eventually paid off when Microsoft bought the whole thing.

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On YouTube

164 subscribers

Open channel on YouTube

Awards 1

1999FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software

GitHub

@migueldeicaza

Followers5,208

Public repos221

In their orbit 1

FatherAlex Marín De Icaza

Connected to Miguel 6

Richard StallmanAlso in The Code (2001)

Eric S. RaymondAlso in The Code (2001)

Linus TorvaldsAlso in The Code (2001)

Eric AllmanAlso in The Code (2001)

David S. MillerAlso in The Code (2001)

Yukihiro MatsumotoAlso won FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software

About this person

Miguel de Icaza was born November 23, 1972. He started GNOME, the graphical interface that made Linux approachable beyond the command line. Later he launched Mono, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET framework - controversial at the time, pragmatic in hindsight. That work led to Xamarin, which let developers write mobile apps in C# for both iOS and Android. Microsoft acquired Xamarin in 2016, folding de Icaza's decade-long workaround back into the mothership.

Country

Mexico