Editing Miguel de Icaza (section)

===.NET Foundation director===
In 2014 he joined [[Anders Hejlsberg]] on stage during the announcements of the [[.NET Foundation]] and the open sourcing of Microsoft's [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] Compiler. He went on to serve on the [[board of directors]] of the .NET Foundation.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140403006500/en/Microsoft-Xamarin-Collaborate-Establish-.NET-Foundation Microsoft-Xamarin-Collaborate-Establish-.NET-Foundation] (2014)</ref><ref>[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/12/release_microsoft_net_from_its_windows_chains_mono_and_xamarin_guy_miguel_de_icaza_on_open_source_net/ Microsoft .NET released from its Windows chains... but what ABOUT MONO?] on [[theregister.co.uk]] ''"Xamarin is a close partner of Microsoft, and De Icaza is one of three directors of the .NET Foundation, and the only director that does not work for Microsoft. The .NET Foundation was announced by Microsoft at its Build conference earlier this year, to host and support open source .NET projects."'' by Tim Anderson (Nov 2014)</ref>