O'Reilly Media spreads technical knowledge through technical books, conferences, and magazines. O'Reilly Media is known best for its large number of software development books, as well as for hosting popular tech conferences such as the Web 2.0 Expo http://www.web2expo.com/. O'Reilly Media was originally known as O'Reilly & Associates when it launched in 1978. The company was founded in by Tim O'Reilly, and is currently located in Sebastopol, California, U.S.
Key Dates
1978: Company founded as O’Reilly & Associates.
June 1995: Sold Global Network Navigator to AOL.
April 1998: Hosted Open Source Summit meeting.
February 2005: MAKE magazine launched.