Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. Open source and crowdsourcing principles are well understood: When you get enough talented people working on a problem, especially in an open way, progress comes quickly.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

This makes me happy as part of our goal when we started TechStars was to “open-source” the mentor driven accelerator process. PBS Newshour has a neat eight minute segment on accelerators. TechStars is featured, along with several others. The punch line from the interview is in the first 30 seconds.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 6, 2014

I’ve always loved his hacker spirit, amazing ability to do things no one else could envision, and willingness to open source a lot of his work to lead the way for others. Virtual Legality: Legal Letters Claim Oculus VR Made The Oculus Rift Using ZeniMax IP. Oculus denies John Carmack stole VR tech from his former employer.

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