When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I see publishers bemoaning their fate and saying that this is the end of publishing. No! Publishers will recreate themselves. Some of… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Ruby on Rails is a breakthrough in lowering the barriers of entry to programming. Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I believe that the human motive to share is very powerful. The human motive to profit is also very powerful, and I… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone… — Tim O'Reilly Achilles Copy Share Image
Conferences are really like parties, and an A-list party is one where A-list people are in attendance. You figure out who are… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots… — Tim O'Reilly Alone Copy Share Image
This whole idea of visibility by the public creates a pretty powerful lever. In the new transparency era, you are able to… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
One of O'Reilly's advantages is that we have a network of thousands of user groups to whom we give free books, to… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
One of the big changes at the heart of Web 2.0 is the shift from the creation of software artifacts, which is… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Everybody who goes into government gets somewhat chewed up in the process. Being a senior appointee is like being at a startup,… — Tim O'Reilly Being Copy Share Image
I guess I would just say that in general, one of my weaknesses is that I love everything. There's too much of… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Amazon is now the definitive source for data about whole sets of products - fungible consumer products. EBay is the authoritative source… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
