Community Roundtable Panelist Spotlight: Miguel de Icaza
Bring your questions for the Miguel to the INETA BOF Community Roundtable on Tuesday, 11/17 from 6:00-7:00 pm at PDC 2009. Get there early for a door prize drawing.
URL: http://tirania.org/blog/
Focus: .NET on everyting not Windows
Bio:
Miguel de Icaza, co-founder and CTO of Ximian, is one of the foremost luminaries in the Linux development community and one of the world’s most prominent advocates for Free Software. Before co-founding Ximian, Miguel was instrumental in the development of Linux for SPARC systems and the Midnight Commander file manager. Miguel is the founder and President of the GNOME Foundation. He was also the first recipient of the prestigious MIT Innovator of the Year award in 1999. Miguel has galvanized Ximian’s efforts to make Linux accessible and available to the average computer user, and continues to reach out globally by working with international organizations such as eMexico to introduce affordable technology alternatives, like Linux, to other nations.