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Timothy O'Reilly, born 1954 in Cork, Ireland, is the director of O'Reilly Media (formally O'Reilly & Associates), and a notable proponent of the ideas of fre, [[open source]], software, and the [[Web 2.0]] movement. On the board of [[Macromedia]] until it merged with [[Adobe]] in 2005, he has responsible for a large amount of software design.

Timothy O'Reilly, born 1954 in Cork, Ireland, is the director of O'Reilly Media (formally O'Reilly & Associates), and a notable proponent of the ideas of free, [[open source]], software, and the [[Web 2.0]] movement. On the board of [[Macromedia]] until it merged with [[Adobe]] in 2005, he has responsible for a large amount of software design.

In 2001, he also initiated a dispute with the online book-store Amazon, which he claimed was filing offensive [[patent|patents]] against rival companies, arguing that it was trying to stifle the free-flow of ideas.  On this subject, he said

In 2001, he also initiated a dispute with the online book-store Amazon, which he claimed was filing offensive [[patent|patents]] against rival companies, arguing that it was trying to stifle the free-flow of ideas.  On this subject, he said