Tim O'Reilly quotes - page 2

One of the big changes at the heart of Web 2.0 is the shift from the creation of software artifacts, which is what the PC revolution was about, to the creation of software services. These are services that ultimately, if they are successful, will require competencies of operation, of scale, and the like. (Tim O'Reilly)
This whole idea of visibility by the public creates a pretty powerful lever. In the new transparency era, you are able to make change you would otherwise have difficulty making. It's no longer possible for somebody just to bury the problem. It's the reason why things like WikiLeaks are important. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I believe that the human motive to share is very powerful. The human motive to profit is also very powerful, and I think that the profit motive and the sharing motive are not exclusive. View quote
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I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for people that work, and there are ones that are pathological. But beneath every 'no' lays a 'yes' that had never been broken. I put my life-faith in that. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's hard to make something as large as a government change. It's a little bit like building the transcontinental railroad. View quote
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While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone the choice of Achilles. View quote
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If companies don't think systemically enough - if they try to capture too much of the value - eventually, innovation moves somewhere else. View quote
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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)
One of O'Reilly's advantages is that we have a network of thousands of user groups to whom we give free books, to whom we advertise our products, and they spread the word. If you don't have that database, it's hard to get the attention of the market. View quote
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My original business model - I actually wrote this down - was 'interesting work for interesting people.' View quote
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There is a possibility of fresh talent coming to work for the government. Millennials are the most public-spirited generation since the 1960s. There is an opportunity to harness that generation and make government service cool again. View quote
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People don't care about books. They care about ideas. View quote
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Virtually every real breakthrough in technology had a bubble which burst, left a lot of people broke who'd invested in it, but also left the infrastructure for this next golden age, effectively. View quote
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We don't market products narrowly. We market big stories about the industry, things that matter to a lot of people. View quote
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I came up with the idea that I wanted to develop products because I saw services businesses being a dead end long term. View quote
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I personally own six or seven thousand books, so I - and I certainly don't want to see them go away. View quote
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The future is always scary to those who cling to the past. View quote
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Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong. (Tim O'Reilly)
An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started. View quote
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My basic belief is you need to ride the horse in the direction that it's going. View quote
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In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with. View quote
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Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. View quote
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Tim O'Reilly

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Photo: Christopher Michel from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Irish Businessman
Born: June 6, 1954
Quotes count: 56

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