Miguel de Icaza
- (b.) 1972 November 23
Bio/Description
Starter of the GNOME project with Federico Mena in August 1997, de Icaza aimed to create a completely free desktop environment and component model for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Earlier, de Icaza had worked on the Midnight Commander file manager and the Linux kernel. He also created the spreadsheet program Gnumeric.
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Date of Birth:
1972 November 23 -
Gender:
Male -
Noted For:
Stared the GNOME and Mono projects -
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