Software like GreaseMonkey is changing the way the web is working. These programs are putting the control back in the hands of the end-users. OSS is all about adding collective value and this overriding principle is seen in recommendations systems and wikis. Also Tim observes that the usage of Perl is falling and Python and Ruby are increasing slowly but surely increasing their mindshare.
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Tim O'Reilly is founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. Tim O'Reilly has been an activist for internet standards and for Open Source software. He has led successful public relations campaigns on behalf of key internet technologies, helping to block Microsoft's 1996 limits on TCP/IP in NT Workstation, organizing the " summit" of key free software leaders where the term "Open Source" was first widely agreed upon, and, most recently, organizing a series of protests against frivolous software patents. He received Infoworld's Industry Achievement Award in 1998 for his advocacy on behalf of the Open Source community.
O'Reilly continues to pioneer new content developments on the Web via its O'Reilly Network affiliate, which also manages sites such as Perl.com and XML.com. O'Reilly's conference arm hosts the popular Perl Conference, now part of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and co-presents the Web 2.0 Conference.
Nathan Torkington is an editor and conference planner for O'Reilly Media. Nathan likes Perl and is a Perl programmer. He worked for Front Range Internet, Inc. as a systems administrator before changing careers and becoming a Perl trainer for Tom Christiansen Perl Consultancy. He coauthored The Perl Cookbook with Tom Christiansen, and has dreams of writing another (also to be published by O'Reilly and Associates). When not writing (i.e., all the time) he edits for The Perl Journal, and helps organize The Perl Conference.
He is the project manager for Perl 6, a banjo player, husband, and father. In his spare time, he wonders where the rest of his spare time went. He likes the authors Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman and Dick Francis. He currently divides his time between Colorado, USA and New Zealand where he was born.
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