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Microsoft finally throws Miguel de Icaza a bone

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Sam Varghese
Mar 7, 2016

GNOME desktop project co-founder Miguel de Icaza has finally reaped the benefits of being in bed with Microsoft, with the Redmond-based software behemoth buying Xamarin, de Icaza’s company, for a sum said to be between US$400 million and US$500 million.

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Sam Varghese

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