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●● ”Miguel de Icaza may be gone, but the walls and bars of proprietary software he helped create remain, for now. Dismantling them is up to us.“

Posted in Microsoft, Mono at 8:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Video download link | md5sum cd8cc6e42e403a194c9abc421b4d210aMiguel de Icaza is Gone, But Not the Damage He Caused Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0

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Summary: Microsoft lover Miguel de Icaza has left the Microsoft family because according to him the other (lesser) family is suddenly a priority, even in his 40s (he turns 50 this year)? It seems possible that he too — just like his friend, Nat Friedman — got pushed out

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THE end of an era? Maybe. A Microsoft booster from ZDNet has helped the arse-covering; we have good reasons to suspect that Miguel either got the boot or got too depressed given recent developments. The video above explains what happened and below we have a long list of articles for some background on Miguel’s harm:

=> ZDNet

Microsoft de Icaza (1997 job interview* until the 2022 exit)

●● 2022

The GitHub Fallout? Miguel de Icaza is Out!

●● 2021

Teaser: Don’t Worry, Miguel, the Press Will Never Find Out… (About Nat Friedman)Teaser: Microsoft GitHub: Miguel de Icaza’s “HOLY SHIT”Teaser: Miguel de Icaza on CEO of Microsoft GitHubTeaser: What Miguel de Icaza Really Thinks of the CEO of Microsoft GitHub

●● 2020

Miguel de Icaza Came to Bruce Perens/Debian (“Permission to Use Debian’s Resources”) Just Months After His Job Interview at Microsoft

●● 2014

Miguel ‘Advocates’ GNU/Linux by Bashing it AgainMiguel de Icaza and Xamarin Become More Tightly Integrated With Microsoft

●● 2013

Microsoft Has Taken Over Mono Development, With Miguel de Icaza’s ConsentMicrosoft MVP Miguel de Icaza Finally Quits GNU/Linux; Even He Does Not Want Vista 8, Samsung Dumps Vista 8 Tablets

●● 2012

Miguel de Icaza on Microsoft ‘Embrace and Extend’ of JavaScriptXamarin and Miguel de Icaza Help Microsoft

●● 2011

Not News: Miguel de Icaza is Working for MicrosoftTechrights Was Right About Mono Being Open Core, Now Miguel de Icaza Admits ItFunding Behind Xamarin is Microsoft MVP Miguel de Icaza; Fresh Concerns About AttachmateWhy Microsoft’s Guy Miguel de Icaza Pushes for C# at Apple, Which is Not SuccessfulMiguel de Icaza is at Microsoft, Attacking Ubuntu GNU/LinuxOstracise Miguel de Icaza Like Stephen Elop Should Have Been Ostracised From NokiaMiguel de Icaza Helps Show He is an Enemy of GNU/Linux

●● 2010

Microsoft MVP Miguel de Icaza Does Not Know What Will Happen to MonoMono is for Microsoft and Microsoft F# Loves Miguel de IcazaMiguel de Icaza Was Wrong About Silverlight and .NETIs Miguel de Icaza Preparing for a Career at Microsoft?SD Times Removes Miguel de Icaza’s Admission That Mono Has Patent Problems and de Icaza Mocks Jeremy AllisonMicrosoft MVP de Icaza: Microsoft “Shot the .NET Ecosystem in the Foot” Because of Patent ThreatsSeñor de Icaza Meets Other Microsoft MVPsFormer Microsoft Employees and Boosters Call Microsoft MVP Miguel de Icaza and Other Microsoft Apologists “Most Powerful Voices” in Open SourceMicrosoft MVP Miguel de Icaza Leaves CodePlex Foundation BoardAlex Brown, Miguel de Icaza, and Full-time Microsoft Employee Smear ODF AgainNew Opinions on Mono, Miguel de Icaza, and the “Windows Stratagem”Miguel de Icaza Groomed by Microsoft with MVP Award

●● 2009

Miguel de Icaza: “We Have Removed All of the GPL Code” (MonoDevelop)Novell’s de Icaza on VMware’s Potential GNU/Linux DistributionMiguel de Icaza Compares Richard Stallman to George BushGroklaw Groks Mono, Miguel de Icaza, Microsoft, and MoreMiguel de Icaza “is Basically a Traitor to the Free Software Community,” Says Richard StallmanMiguel de Icaza Joins Microsoft

●● 2008

Quick Mention: Miguel de Icaza Loves .NET, Dislikes GNU GPL

Miguel isn’t a happy puppy. See the screenshot below. And to quote George Orwell, for anyone who doesn’t even know what doxing means (this is not anything remotely like it): “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” █

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Image: Miguel de Icaza is upset

_____* “In summer of 1997, he was interviewed by Microsoft for a job in the Internet Explorer UNIX team (to work on a SPARC port), but lacked a university degree to obtain a Visa,” according to this page.

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Image: De Icaza rich

Image: Miguel de Icaza poses as Gates

“Gates may be gone, but the walls and bars of proprietary software he helped create remain, for now. Dismantling them is up to us.”

–Richard Stallman

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