Roy Schestowitz wrote:
[...]
> I don't know if you're in a trollish mood today, but I'll just respond by
> adding that Mono is increasingly being forcefed, with de Icaza, a Microsoft
> employee (fed by Novell, which is in turn fed by Microsoft), building
> Moonlight and OOXML translators using it. He helps Microsoft makes those
Wow, that's quite a convert.
http://www.gnu.org/award/1999/1999.html
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New York, New York - December 15, 1999 - The Free Software Foundation
(FSF) bestowed its second Free Software Foundation Award for the
Advancement of Free Software on Miguel de Icaza. The award, a
one-of-a-kind handmade quilt, was given to the 27-year-old Mexico native
for de Icaza's excellent work on the GNOME project. The ceremony was
held in conjunction with The Bazaar, an EarthWeb event currently taking
place at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.
de Icaza headed a team of more than 300 programmers worldwide, most of
them volunteers, in the development of GNOME. GNOME is a user-friendly
graphical users interface (GUI) and programming platform for GNU/Linux.
GNOME 1.0 was first released in March, 1999 and has since had a step-up
release.
"Miguel's efforts have done a great deal to bring the free software
model into the mainstream," Peter Salus, chairman of the Free Software
Foundation Awards Committee said. "The GNOME project enables a new
generation of computer users to access the power of GNU/Linux."
The two other finalists for the award were: Donald Knuth for his TeX and
METAFONT systems which developed a new paradigm for typesetting and for
his technique of "literate programming" and John Gilmore for his work
with Cygnus Solutions, the first company dedicated to supporting free
software, as well as for his continued championship of the Free Software
movement.
"We began the Free Software Foundation Award as a way to honor those who
have tirelessly given their time and their immense talent to further the
free software movement," Richard Stallman, founder and president of the
Free Software Foundation said. "We felt that Miguel's continued work on
the GNOME project deserved the honor."
de Icaza continues the effort to make GNOME a competitive user's
interface, developing programs like Bonobo, a compound document model
system that enables all programs using the GNOME format to work together
seamlessly. He and partner Nat Friedman have founded Helix Code, a
company dedicated to taking GNOME to the next level by providing viable,
commercial-grade software based on the free software model.
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http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/CorpSearchSummary.asp?ReadFromDB=True&UpdateAllowed=&FEIN=042888848
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Filing for November 1, 2001
In compliance with the requirements of Section 26A of Chaper one hundred
and eighty (180) of the
General Laws:
1. The exact name of the business entity is: FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION,
INC.
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DIRECTOR MIGUEL DE ICAZA
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regards,
alexander.
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