“Think of how Wikipedia works, how Amazon harnesses user annotation on its site, the way photo-sharing sites like Flickr are bleeding out into other applications. We're entering an era in which software learns from its users and all of the users are connected.” ThinkingWayConnectedErasCollectivesApplicationSoftwareUsersSiteEnteringBleedingAmazonHarnessWikipediaFlickrCollective IntelligenceAnnotationBleeding Out Author:Tim O'Reilly
“Ruby on Rails is a breakthrough in lowering the barriers of entry to programming. Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter of days.” MatterMightPowerfulTakenWeekMonthsProgrammingBarriersApplicationBreakthroughEntryRailRubies Author:Tim O'Reilly
“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.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWellsMatterAbleSpeakPressureApplicationMonopolyMarginsMicrosoftLinux Author:Tim O'Reilly
