Tim O'Reilly in a Nutshell: Collected Writings of the Founder of O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Part 1: On Technology......Page 12
The New Era of Pervasive Computing......Page 13
All Software Should Be Network Aware......Page 15
The Open Source Paradigm Shift......Page 18
Software as Commodity......Page 22
Network-Enabled Collaboration......Page 29
Customizability and Software-as-Service......Page 40
Building the Internet Operating System......Page 42
Conclusion......Page 44
Watching the “Alpha Geeks”: OS X and the Next Big Thing......Page 47
What Are the Alpha Geeks Telling us Right Now?......Page 50
Architecture Matters......Page 54
Hardware, Software, and Infoware......Page 56
Part 2: On Publishing......Page 68
Piracy is Progressive Taxation and Six Other Lessons on the Evolution of Online Distribution......Page 69
Information Wants to be Valuable......Page 82
Beyond the Book......Page 87
Buy Where You Shop......Page 94
Part 3: On Business and Life......Page 98
What the Company Is All About......Page 99
Fishing with Strawberries......Page 102
Some Necessary Qualities......Page 104
Ten Years as a Publisher......Page 107
Knowing When to Let Go......Page 111
Walking the Kerry Way......Page 114
Books That Have Shaped My Thinking......Page 120