Miguel de Icaza famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Java #Problem #Platforms
When it comes to .NET they've done a really outstanding job.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Jobs #Done #Outstanding
Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#People #Use #Scientist
So if we're going to build new applications that require a large time investment, like say movie editing - today that doesn't matter for the enterprise desktop, but eventually it will when we get closer to consumers - you really need to have a cross-platform story.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Editing #Needs #Stories
I believe in true love. But I am easily satisfied.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Believe #I Believe #I Believe In
We could refresh the look and feel of the entire desktop with Moonlight
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Looks #Moonlight #Desktop
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

#Nice #Empowering #Machines
The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Writing #Today #Patents
Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there
-- Miguel de Icaza

#People #Microsoft #Used
Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Technology #Interesting #Doe
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.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Art #Trying #Patents
We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Desktop #Gnome #Bases
Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Today #Patents #Pieces
With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time.
-- Miguel de Icaza

#Language #Programming #Programming Languages

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