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Born in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]],<ref name=PersonalBio1>{{cite web|title=Tim O'Reilly Personal Bio|url=http://tim.oreilly.com/personal_bio.csp|work=tim.oreilly.com|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> O'Reilly moved to [[California]] with his family six weeks after he was born.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
Born in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]],<ref name=PersonalBio1>{{cite web|title=Tim O'Reilly Personal Bio|url=http://tim.oreilly.com/personal_bio.csp|work=tim.oreilly.com|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> O'Reilly moved to [[California]] with his family six weeks after he was born.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}


O'Reilly was initially interested in literature upon entering college, yet after graduating from [[Harvard College]] in 1975 with a B.A. ''cum laude'' in [[Classics]], he became involved in the field of computer user manuals. He defines his company not as a book or online publisher, nor as a conference producer (though the company does all three), but as a technology transfer company, "changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators."<ref name=About>{{cite web|last=O'Reilly|first=Tim|title=About O'Reilly|url=http://oreilly.com/about/|work=oreilly.com|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> O'Reilly serves on the boards of directors of three companies, [[CollabNet]], [[MySQL AB]] and [[PeerJ]], and served on the board of [[Macromedia]] until its 2005 merger with [[Adobe Systems]]. He also serves on the board of directors for the public-service organization [[Code for America]]. In February 2012 he joined the [[UC Berkeley School of Information]] Advisory Board.<ref name=advisoryboard>{{cite web|title=Tim O'Reilly joins I School Advisory Board|url=http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120216timoreilly|work=ischool.berkeley.edu|accessdate=February 16, 2012}}</ref>
O'Reilly was initially interested in literature upon entering college, yet after graduating from [[Harvard College]] in 1975 with a B.A. ''cum laude'' in [[Classics]], he became involved in the field of computer user manuals. He defines his company not as a book or online publisher, nor as a conference producer (though the company does all three), but as a technology transfer company, "changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators."<ref name=About>{{cite web|last=O'Reilly|first=Tim|title=About O'Reilly|url=http://oreilly.com/about/|work=oreilly.com|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> O'Reilly serves on the boards of directors of three companies, [[Safari Books Online]], [[Maker Media]], and [[PeerJ]]. He served on the board of [[Macromedia]] until its 2005 merger with [[Adobe Systems]], and on the board of [[MySQL AB]] until its sale to [[Sun Microsystems]]. He also serves on the board of directors for the public-service organization [[Code for America]]. In February 2012 he joined the [[UC Berkeley School of Information]] Advisory Board.<ref name=advisoryboard>{{cite web|title=Tim O'Reilly joins I School Advisory Board|url=http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120216timoreilly|work=ischool.berkeley.edu|accessdate=February 16, 2012}}</ref>


==Thoughts and Activism==
==Thoughts and Activism==

Revision as of 04:34, 2 August 2013

This article is about the founder of O'Reilly Media. For the musician, see Tim O'Reilly (musician).
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly at the PayPal X Innovate in 2009.
Tim O'Reilly at the PayPal X Innovate in 2009.
Born (1954-06-06) June 6, 1954 (age 70)
Cork, Ireland
Alma materHarvard College
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media
Websitetim.oreilly.com

Tim O'Reilly (born June 6, 1954) is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) and a supporter of the free software and open source movements.[1]

Life and career

Born in County Cork, Ireland,[2] O'Reilly moved to California with his family six weeks after he was born.[citation needed]

O'Reilly was initially interested in literature upon entering college, yet after graduating from Harvard College in 1975 with a B.A. cum laude in Classics, he became involved in the field of computer user manuals. He defines his company not as a book or online publisher, nor as a conference producer (though the company does all three), but as a technology transfer company, "changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators."[3] O'Reilly serves on the boards of directors of three companies, Safari Books Online, Maker Media, and PeerJ. He served on the board of Macromedia until its 2005 merger with Adobe Systems, and on the board of MySQL AB until its sale to Sun Microsystems. He also serves on the board of directors for the public-service organization Code for America. In February 2012 he joined the UC Berkeley School of Information Advisory Board.[4]

Thoughts and Activism

Software Patents

In 1996, O'Reilly fought against a 10-Connection Limit on TCP/IP NT Workstations, writing a letter to the United States Department of Justice, Bill Gates, and CNN, concerned that the Internet is still in its infancy, and that limitations could cripple the technology before it ever has a chance to reach its full potential.[5]

In 2001, O'Reilly was involved in a dispute with Amazon.com, leading a protest against Amazon's one-click patent and, specifically, Amazon's assertion of that patent against rival Barnes and Noble. The protest ended with O'Reilly and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos visiting Washington D.C. to lobby for patent reform.

Open Source Software

O'Reilly compartmentalizes open software into three long-term trends: 1) The commoditization of software, 2) Network-enabled collaboration, 3) Software customization; what he terms the "three Cs".[1] O'Reilly concedes that software commoditization has been driven by standards, but that software itself is no longer the primary focus of value in the computer industry. O'Reilly sees the role of open source as being indisputable with the development of the Internet, pointing to the widely used TCP/IP protocol, sendmail, Apache, Perl, GNU/Linux and other open source platforms. In his article "Open Source Paradigm Shift",[1] O'Reilly describes his concern about the current trends leading towards new sources of lock-in that we do not understand.[6]

Internet Operating System

O'Reilly envisions the Internet Operating System[7] as consisting of various sub systems, such as media, payment, speech recognition, location, and identity. He uses the analogy of the biome of the human body, having more bacterial than human cells, but depending upon millions of other organisms, each pursuing their own interest, but nevertheless weaving a co-operative web. O'Reilly praises Facebook for their willingness to open up their platform with concepts like the Facebook Platform Open Graph Protocol.[8]

Global Brain

O'Reilly believes that the Internet will develop into a Global brain, an intelligent network of people and machines that will function as a nervous system for the planet Earth.[9] This will happen among others by ever more frequent and efficient use of technologies such as social media or the Internet of things. He has recently been giving a series of lectures on the topic of the global brain.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c O'Reilly, Tim. "Open Source Paradigm Shift". tim.oreilly.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Tim O'Reilly Personal Bio". tim.oreilly.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  3. ^ O'Reilly, Tim. "About O'Reilly". oreilly.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Tim O'Reilly joins I School Advisory Board". ischool.berkeley.edu. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
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  6. ^ Tim O'Reilly (May 6, 2010). Web 2.0 Expo SF 2010: Tim O'Reilly, "State of the Internet Operating System" (SWF/FLV(Flash)/h.264) (Videotaped Conference). San Francisco: OReillyMedia. Event occurs at 7:00. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  7. ^ O'Reilly, Tim. "The State of the Internet Operating System". radar.oreilly.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  8. ^ Tim O'Reilly (May 6, 2010). Web 2.0 Expo SF 2010: Tim O'Reilly, "State of the Internet Operating System" (SWF/FLV(Flash)/h.264) (Videotaped Conference). San Francisco: OReillyMedia. Event occurs at 12:20. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  9. ^ Tim O'Reilly: Towards a Global Brain (talk in 'One Great Idea' video series, March 2012).

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