Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there. Tim O'Reilly applehaveland Change image and share on social
I guess I would just say that in general, one of my weaknesses is that I love everything. There's too much of everything to keep up with it all. I get bored with Silicon Valley technology a lot. I've always had much more of a draw to the people who are doing things for love than the people who are doing things for money. Tim O'Reilly boredrawgeneral share on social
If you are extremely well known and have a very desirable product, then yes, you probably do suffer a bit from piracy, in the same way that if you make a lot of money, you pay more in taxes than if you don't make any money. Tim O'Reilly bitedesirableextremely share on social
We were the first people to do advertising on the Web. I actually saw in 1993 that the ad could be the content, the destination. Tim O'Reilly advertisecontentdestination Change image and share on social
We want to show how technology can be applied to fix our problems. We need to celebrate not just success but to celebrate people who make a difference. It starts with people who do things for love, with no expectation of return. Some of that turns into enormous financial success, and then some of it goes back into doing it for love. Tim O'Reilly applybackcelebrate share on social
I have to say there are a lot of me-too products and companies. Yet another social network, of the 15th flavor - that's common in every new technology revolution. There are imitators who have marginal improvements. Tim O'Reilly 15thcommoncompany share on social
I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really matter to me are not on my PC. And so they're going to be able to extract less of a monopoly rent, so to speak. Tim O'Reilly applicationextractfeel share on social
Why did Google, for example, recently decide to offer free 411 service? I haven't talked to people at Google, but it's pretty clear to me why. It's because of speech recognition. It has nothing to do with 411 service: it has to do with getting a database of voices, so they don't have to license speech technology from Nuance or someone else. Tim O'Reilly cleardatabasedecide share on social
Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic? Lindbergh. Who was the second? No idea. Tim O'Reilly atlanticflyidea Change image and share on social
So many technologies start out with a burst of idealism, democratization, and opportunity, and over time, they close down and become less friendly to entrepreneurship, to innovation, to new ideas. Over time, the companies that become dominant take more out of the ecosystem than they put back in. Tim O'Reilly backburstclose share on social