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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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"I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot."

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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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"We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate."
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"In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see two major projects that are wildly, wildly successful: Mozilla and OpenOffice, and those two programs are cross platform."
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"It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET."
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"In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent."
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"After releasing Mono 1.0, we started work on a new edition of Mono that will be released later in the year."
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"Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology."
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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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"The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today."
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"I've never worked with the Java community."
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"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent."
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