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Tim O'Reilly

Changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators


Areas of Expertise:
  • Web 2.0
  • open source
  • emerging technologies

Biography

Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world, and an activist for open standards. O'Reilly Media also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and the Web 2.0 Conference. Tim's blog, the O'Reilly Radar "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. For everything Tim, see tim.oreilly.com.

Books

Windows XP in a Nutshell Windows XP in a Nutshell
by David A. Karp, Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott
Second Edition January 2005
$29.95 USD

Unix Power Tools Unix Power Tools
by Shelley Powers, Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides
Third Edition October 2002
$69.95 USD
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Windows XP in a Nutshell Windows XP in a Nutshell
by David A. Karp, Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott
April 2002
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Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive T Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive T
by Nelson Minar, Marc Hedlund, Clay Shirky, Tim O'Reilly, Dan Bricklin, David Anderson, Jeremie Miller, Adam Langley, Gene Kan, Alan Brown, Marc Waldman, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Aviel Rubin, Roger Dingledine, Michael Freedman, David Molnar, Rael Dornfest, Dan Brickley, Theodore Hong, Richard Lethin, Jon Udell, Nimisha Asthagiri, Walter Tuvell, Brandon Wiley
February 2001
$29.95 USD
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Windows 98 in a Nutshell Windows 98 in a Nutshell
by Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott, Walter Glenn
August 1999
$24.95 USD
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UNIX  PowerTools UNIX PowerTools
by Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides
Second Edition August 1997
OUT OF PRINT
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X Users Guide Motif R5 X Users Guide Motif R5
by Valerie Quercia, Tim O'Reilly
Second Edition June 1994
$34.95 USD

X Toolkit Intrinsics Prog  Vol 4M X Toolkit Intrinsics Prog Vol 4M
by Tim O'Reilly, Adrian Nye
Second Edition August 1992
$34.95 USD

termcap and terminfo termcap and terminfo
by John Strang, Linda Mui, Tim O'Reilly
April 1988
$29.95 USD

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The X Window System in a Nutshell The X Window System in a Nutshell
Second Edition
OUT OF PRINT

Windows 95 in a Nutshell Windows 95 in a Nutshell
by Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott

OUT OF PRINT

Volume 3: X Window System User's Guide Volume 3: X Window System User's Guide
by Valerie Quercia, Tim O'Reilly
Fourth Edition
OUT OF PRINT

Using & Managing UUCP Using & Managing UUCP
by Ed Ravin, Tim O'Reilly, Dale Dougherty, Grace Todino-Gonguet

OUT OF PRINT

Volume 4: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual Volume 4: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual
by Adrian Nye, Tim O'Reilly
Third Edition
OUT OF PRINT

UNIX Power Tools UNIX Power Tools
by Jerry Peek, Mike Loukides, Tim O'Reilly, et al.

OUT OF PRINT

Managing UUCP and Usenet Managing UUCP and Usenet
by Grace Todino-Gonguet, Tim O'Reilly
Tenth Edition
OUT OF PRINT

Articles

Blog

The battle for the cloud

May 06 2008

Andy Kessler has a great op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, The War for the Web: Microsoft was smart to walk away (for now) from its $44 billion bid for Yahoo. It's never good to overpay. But the software giant - whose stock has flatlined for eight years - was… read more

Fermi's Paradox and the End of Cheap Oil

May 05 2008

I've been thinking of Fermi's Paradox since I saw the documentary film A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, with its dire predictions of the wars and disruptions that could occur on the downward slope of the Hubbert curve. While I remain an optimist about the power of human ingenuity to… read more

Missed Twitter Questions from Jonathan Schwartz Interview at Web 2.0 Expo

April 28 2008

In the Jonathan Schwartz interview at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco yesterday, I screwed up. After learning we weren't set up for audience Q&A with microphones, I thought, "well then, I'll just suggest to the audience that they twitter questions @timoreilly, and I'll check my phone during the… read more

Missed Twitter Questions from Jonathan Schwartz Interview at Web 2.0 Expo

April 26 2008

In the Jonathan Schwartz interview at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco yesterday, I screwed up. After learning we weren't set up for audience Q&A with microphones, I thought, "well then, I'll just suggest to the audience that they twitter questions @timoreilly, and I'll check my phone during the… read more

Nice Slashdot Review of Programming Collective Intelligence

April 24 2008

Checking the Amazon bestseller list recently, I was delighted to see Toby Segaran's Programming Collective Intelligence back among the top ten computer books on Amazon's Computer and Internet bestseller list. The book made it as high as #2 or #3 when it was published last year, but it's great to… read more

Bezos on innovation, customer-focus and long-term thinking

April 23 2008

Business Week has a great interview with Jeff Bezos as part of their innovation issue. The interview is entitled How Frugality Drives Innovation, but Jeff talks about far more than frugality. Here's my favorite bit: Q: Every company claims to be customer-focused. Why do you think so few are able… read more

Nice Take on Web 2.0 Expo from Information Week

April 23 2008

It's among the most satisfying part of my job to seed new ideas, see them spread, take root, and eventually flower. In the process, they often morph into something unexpected, hopefully richer and better than originally imagined. But sometimes they take disappointing side-turns. So, for example, seeing Eric Schmidt equate… read more

Bezos on innovation, customer-focus and long-term thinking

April 21 2008

Business Week has a great interview with Jeff Bezos as part of their innovation issue. The interview is entitled How Frugality Drives Innovation, but Jeff talks about far more than frugality. Here's my favorite bit: Q: Every company claims to be customer-focused. Why do you think so few are able… read more

Nice Slashdot Review of Programming Collective Intelligence

April 19 2008

Checking the Amazon bestseller list recently, I was delighted to see Toby Segaran's Programming Collective Intelligence back among the top ten computer books on Amazon's Computer and Internet bestseller list. The book made it as high as #2 or #3 when it was published last year, but it's great to… read more

Nice Take on Web 2.0 Expo from Information Week

April 18 2008

It's among the most satisfying part of my job to seed new ideas, see them spread, take root, and eventually flower. In the process, they often morph into something unexpected, hopefully richer and better than originally imagined. But sometimes they take disappointing side-turns. So, for example, seeing Eric Schmidt equate… read more

Publishers Beware: Amazon has you in their sights

April 16 2008

While I was wrong the other day about Google's AppEngine being a lock-in play (see the comments on that post), I don't think I'm wrong that Amazon has serious plans for vertical integration of the publishing industry. Having got retailers on the ropes, they now are aiming at publishers. From… read more

Publishers Beware: Amazon has you in their sights

April 16 2008

While I was wrong the other day about Google's AppEngine being a lock-in play (see the comments on that post), I don't think I'm wrong that Amazon has serious plans for vertical integration of the publishing industry. Having got retailers on the ropes, they now are aiming at publishers. From… read more

Is Google App Engine a Lock-in Play?

April 16 2008

Venture capitalist Brad Feld just put up an intriguing post comparing Google App Engine to Amazon EC2. The meat of the entry is from an analysis by Brad's friend Scott Moody. Here are the juiciest bits, pro and con: With EC2, you still have to set-up load balancers, configure multiple… read more

Is Google App Engine a Lock-in Play?

April 14 2008

Venture capitalist Brad Feld just put up an intriguing post comparing Google App Engine to Amazon EC2. The meat of the entry is from an analysis by Brad's friend Scott Moody. Here are the juiciest bits, pro and con: With EC2, you still have to set-up load balancers, configure multiple… read more

Worldwide Social Network Market Share

April 10 2008

Via Azeem Azaar's twitter feed, a great visualization of worldwide social network market share, from Le Monde:... read more
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