This is one of my favorite video interviews coming out from Channel 9 this year. In this post, Channel 9's intrepid reporter Charles Torre interviews Miguel de Icaza and Dragos Manlescu.
Miguel de Icaza is, of course, the famed free-software developer who started the open-sourced Mono project which implements C# and other .NET tools on non-Microsoft platforms such as Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc. Miguel is also leading the Moonlight project that puts Silverlight on Linux.
Dragos Manolescu is a computer scientist on the Microsoft team. Formerly an architect with the Patterns and Practices group, and is now part of the Live Labs team who released innovative technologies such as Volta, etc.
Together in the video, the three gentlemen had a enlightening conversation about open source, the Mono and Moonlight projects, the tensions between business and free software ideals, and perceptions about Microsoft as a company.
Great video worth watching!
