Tech guru Tim O'Reilly challenges next generation to get serious

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: October 10, 2008 11:01:45 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Tech guru Tim O'Reilly challenges next  
generation to get serious

TECH GURU TIM O'REILLY CHALLENGES NEXT GENERATION TO GET SERIOUS

Silicon Valley insiders call it the O'Reilly Radar: Tim O'Reilly's  
uncanny ability to spot a technology revolution before it happens. But  
lately the entrepreneur, investor and book publisher has been busier  
trying to incite the next one. He is urging young entrepreneurs and  
engineers to stop making some of the sillier software that lets  
Facebook users throw virtual sheep at their friends or download  
virtual beer on iPhones, and instead start making a real difference in  
the world. He says it's not just the right thing to do, but also the  
smart thing to do -- especially as the credit crunch spreads to  
Silicon Valley, venture financing becomes scarce and start-ups have to  
retrench. When this grizzled, 54-year-old tech-industry veteran talks,  
Silicon Valley tends to listen, if only to argue with him.

<http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-oreilly10-2008oct10,0,85246.story 
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