Like many important concepts, Web 2.0 doesn't have a hard boundary, but rather, a gravitational core.

One of the big changes at the heart of Web 2.0 is the shift from the creation of software artifacts, which is what the PC revolution was about, to the creation of software services. These are services that ultimately, if they are successful, will require competencies of operation, of scale, and the like.

It's hard to make something as large as a government change. It's a little bit like building the transcontinental railroad.

One of O'Reilly's advantages is that we have a network of thousands of user groups to whom we give free books, to whom we advertise our products, and they spread the word. If you don't have that database, it's hard to get the attention of the market.

It's an inexpensive way to start out a fund. It's a place to try new concepts.

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.