Open Source One

Today is a good day to be Google’s Chris Messina or Miguel de Icaza, founder of GNOME and lead of the Mono Project. According to collaboration software vendor Mindtouch, they’re among the most powerful voices in open source . Using a combination of metrics that include the number of Twitter followers a person has and how often they’re referenced in the blogosphere, the company named 50 individuals it says stand out in the crowded FOSS community.