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Miguel de Icaza

"We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux."

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"We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux."

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"The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today."
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"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent."
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"I've never worked with the Java community."
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"I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform."
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"Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other software developer would take. In the event of a patent claim, we will try to find prior art to the claim of the patent."
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"Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology."
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"We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them."
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"It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET."
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"When it comes to .NET they've done a really outstanding job."
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"I think that by October the whole company has to migrate to OpenOffice, and then I think it's by June next year we all migrate to Linux - you don't want to migrate 6,000 people both operating system and office suite in a single jump."
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