The Future of Technology and Proprietary Software. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, InfoWorld did a feature on where technology has been and where it's headed: 25 Years of Technology. Tim O'Reilly answered some questions for that piece about the future of technology and proprietary software. Many of his comments were included in the article, but here they are in their entirety, as well. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: O'Reilly Network] comment []1:54:54 PM