Nathaniel Friedman

Micro Focus (US), Inc. develops implements and supports proprietary, mixed source and open source software. Its solutions include visual cobol, terminal emulation, borland, corba and mainframe solutions. The firm helps to organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

Ximian, Inc. provided open source desktop technology, applications, support and services for the Linux and UNIX marketplaces. Ximian products, in used by people worldwide, for productivity and interoperability needed to propel the adoption of the Linux desktop in corporate computing environments. Ximian is located in Boston, MA.

Part of Reliant Financial Service Corp., Linux Corp. develops eCommerce software solutions. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

GitHub, Inc. is a software development company. The company was founded by Michael Hartl, P. J. Hyett, Tom Preston-Werner, Christopher Wanstrath, Scott Chacon and Long Nguyen in October 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Xamarin, Inc. develops cross-platform development software for mobile applications. Its software enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac, in one programming language. The company serves developers to consulting firms to enterprise organizations and businesses of all sizes. The company was founded by Joseph Hill, Miguel de Icaza, and Nathaniel D. Friedman in May 2011 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.