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Tim O'Reilly is a prominent figure in the fields of technology publishing and media. He is known for his contributions to open source software, creative sharing, and digital publishing.

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“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.”

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“Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of the unlettered people of the Middle Ages who were told what to think by the literate priesthood. We had a Renaissance when more people could read and write; we'll have another one when everyone programs.”

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“The biggest mistake we see companies make when they first hit Twitter is to think about it as a channel to push out information.”

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Book:The Twitter Book

Source: The Twitter Book

“I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is.”

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“When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot of woolly thinking.”

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“I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Microsoft, is going to continue to succeed. But I think the business model of Microsoft is going to have to change.”

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“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.”

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Born: June 6, 1954
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Quotes: 65

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