I interviewed Miguel de Icaza

At Mix '08, I had the privilege to interview Miguel de Icaza. He is the Vice President of the Developer Platform at Novell and does the Mono Project. Now what exactly is the Mono Project and why is it a big deal? It is an open source version of .Net that runs on Linux and they are even creating a version of Silverlight called moonlight.

And as always, we chat about what he thinks a student should do to get a job in the industry.

Mono, the other .Net, that runs on Linux

tags: Coding Ramblings 3 Comments

Alfred Thompson Feb 1, 2008 @ 11:02 PM

# re: I hate VB, there, I said it
VB ugly? Are you serious? It is a wonder and lovely to look at language. Other languages use a semi-colon which by it self is ugly but on the end of every line where its sole purpose in life is to serve as a crutch for lazy compiler developers? Yuck! And don't get me started on curly braces and case sensitivity. Just so you can have "i" and "I" mean different things? Give me a break.

konks Feb 2, 2008 @ 10:37 AM

# re: I hate VB, there, I said it
I'd rather not even consider VB a language. BUT then again I dont really care I use this: http://labs.developerfusion.co.uk/convert/csharp-to-vb.aspx

Clint Feb 2, 2008 @ 11:42 AM

# re: I hate VB, there, I said it
I know there are conversion tools, they just aren't perfect.

A mix of hardware, C#, and a splash of self-indulgent ego

I interviewed Miguel de Icaza

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