Ric_NYC
January 15th, 2010, 02:20 AM
Miguel de Icaza, Microsoft MVP?
Yep, it's true. The open-source rabble-rouser who was prevented from hosting a session inside Microsoft's 2005 Professional Developer Conference has been accepted into the ranks of the company's "Most Valuable Professionals" less than five years later. He announced the news on his blog.
De Icaza is the leader of the open-source Mono project, sponsored by Novell, which previously set off alarm bells inside Microsoft for its ability to expand Microsoft .NET applications to other platforms, including Linux. Relations between de Icaza and Microsoft have warmed following the Redmond company's partnership with Novell.
He's also on the board of the Microsoft-supported CodePlex Foundation, Meanwhile, Mono spin-off project Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight interactive technology, has won the blessings of the Redmond company.
De Icaza was accepted as a Microsoft MVP for C#, the .NET programming language.
"This will be a great opportunity to build more bridges with Windows developers and show them that there is an ECMA CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) life in the other side of the OS spectrum," he writes in his post, adding, "Looking forward to the group picture.
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/01/microsoft_names_ex-rival_mvp.html
Yep, it's true. The open-source rabble-rouser who was prevented from hosting a session inside Microsoft's 2005 Professional Developer Conference has been accepted into the ranks of the company's "Most Valuable Professionals" less than five years later. He announced the news on his blog.
De Icaza is the leader of the open-source Mono project, sponsored by Novell, which previously set off alarm bells inside Microsoft for its ability to expand Microsoft .NET applications to other platforms, including Linux. Relations between de Icaza and Microsoft have warmed following the Redmond company's partnership with Novell.
He's also on the board of the Microsoft-supported CodePlex Foundation, Meanwhile, Mono spin-off project Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight interactive technology, has won the blessings of the Redmond company.
De Icaza was accepted as a Microsoft MVP for C#, the .NET programming language.
"This will be a great opportunity to build more bridges with Windows developers and show them that there is an ECMA CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) life in the other side of the OS spectrum," he writes in his post, adding, "Looking forward to the group picture.
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/01/microsoft_names_ex-rival_mvp.html