Press Release
February 22, 1999
Tim O'Reilly and Collaborative Software Community Receive InfoWorld's Industry Achievement Award
SEBASTOPOL, CA--Open source and other forms of collaborative software
are fueling much of the innovation in the technology industry. Linux is
challenging the Microsoft hegemony, and the Internet is built on open
source™ software. In recognition of open source's impact, InfoWorld
has presented their
1998 Industry Achievement award to Tim O'Reilly,
president and CEO of O'Reilly & Associates, as a representative of the
collaborative software community.
"InfoWorld's recognition of the Open Source community couldn't come at
a better time," said O'Reilly. "The momentum behind Linux, the
development of 'hybrid' business models that include both open source
and proprietary software by companies like Sendmail and Scriptics, and
the continuing strength of open source software such as Apache and Perl
all point to a robust, diverse future for a spectrum of development
models that leverage the strengths of collaborative development and
open standards. Open-source software has reinvigorated the industry."
In announcing the award, InfoWorld's Nicholas Petreley stated, "This
year's Industry Achievement award is dedicated to the entire community
of collaborative software developers. Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of
O'Reilly & Associates--the leading publisher of books about the
Internet and open-source technologies such as Perl, Linux, and
Apache--will be accepting the award on their behalf."
O'Reilly's leadership role in the open source community extends beyond
his firm's publishing program. As the Internet became the centerpiece
of the current economic boom, O'Reilly reminded the business world that
the Internet's development was made possible by open standards and
collaborative development processes. He undertook a personal campaign
to make clear that open source was a force not only on the operating
system front (via Linux) but also a key part of the Internet
infrastructure. He worked to bring much-deserved recognition to open
source pioneers like Eric Allman (Sendmail), Paul Vixie (BIND), Larry
Wall (Perl), and the Apache Group.
In April 1998, O'Reilly invited key West Coast developers to the first
Freeware Summit, an event that galvanized the community and focused
press attention on the importance of collaborative software
development. Summit participants agreed to adopt Eric Raymond's new
term, "Open Source," and to work together to increase acceptance and
use of open-source software. O'Reilly also presented Open Source
Developer's Day in August 1998, the first public education event about
open-source software development. In August 1999, O'Reilly is offering
technical conferences on open source technologies including Linux,
Apache, Perl, Tcl, and Sendmail
(http://conferences.oreilly.com). The
company recently published
Open Sources:
Voices from the Open Source Revolution, a collection of essays
written by leaders of the Open
Source movement about how it works, why it succeeds, and where it is
going.
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About O'Reilly
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