Miguel de Icaza has received the Free Software Foundation 1999 Award for the Advancement of Free Software, the MIT Technology Review Innovator of the Year Award 1999, and was named one of Time magazine's 100 innovators for the new century in September 2000.
Miguel de Icaza modtog i 1999 Free Software Foundations pris Free Software Award og MITs Technology Review pris Innovator of the Year Award, i september 2000 blev han af Time Magazine nævnt blandt en af hundrede nyskabere i det nye århundrede.