Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th May 2004 02:54 UTC
Novell and Ximian Last Thursday OSNews had the opportunity to meet Miguel de Icaza, founder of Gnome, Ximian and among other things leader of the much discussed, Mono project. Miguel is a talented and versatile developer but he is also a very intelligent businessman able to understand the industry on many different levels. Talking to Miguel guarantees that you are very quickly taken away by his enthusiasm and optimism and his thoughtful strategies and vision on how OSS will take over the world.
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by Miguel de Icaza on Mon 10th May 2004 04:41 UTC

Rayiner,

I refer to the patent issues. The software issue is one that is actively changing, with various components of the US government itself starting to adopt Linux and open source software.

The situation is one of patents: if everyone in the world starts using software that infringes on bogus patents and we got everyone running our software, we will likely have more supporters to eliminate bad patents.

Miguel