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. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
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… — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
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… — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
All of our code is open source, so it can be used for other projects. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
There is a point in your life when you realize that you have written enough destructors. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
Running the test suite like this allows us to catch problems when they are just introduced. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
We could refresh the look and feel of the entire desktop with Moonlight — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
