1. Birth name: Tadhg Ó Raghallaigh
2. Born: 1954
3. Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
4. Alma mater: Harvard College, cum laude
5. Coined the term: InfowareO'Reilly.com: Hardware, Software, and Infoware
6. Reportedly coined the term: Web 2.0 in 2004OReilly: What Is Web 2.0(September 30, 2005)

"What worries me the most are governments getting involved and backing their existing companies. The patent system is a great example where the government is clueless and is disrupting the real activity of the market. We see it in the way that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is trying to protect the interests of existing players while stifling the future. All of this is going to drive innovation to markets in countries that are more forward-looking because the internet is of course a global phenomenon and if you outlaw something, it will simply crop up somewhere else. So our challenge as an industry and as an economy is to discover the rules by which we can create value and ultimately create wealth in this new environment. It’s not about protecting the old ways of creating wealth but rather that creative destruction has to take place. Although companies may suffer from it, I think we’ll all be better for it."—Tim O'ReillyOpen Business: People Inside & Web 2.0