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Kickstarter, Open Source RC & Modelsource - Facinorous Financial Foulness

The Amp Hour · 22 Oct 2012 · 1h 10m · Episode 118

What this episode covers

Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss the financial risks of crowdfunding, citing the failure of an open-source RC project due to insufficient funding and feature creep. They analyze the collapse of battery manufacturer A123 Systems and the recent ousting of Altium founder Nick Martin, debating the conflict between technical founders and shareholder-focused boards. The conversation extends to industry trends, including rumors of Amazon acquiring Texas Instruments' OMAP division and the viability of third-party footprint libraries like Modelsource.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Altium, A123 Systems, Johnson Controls, STMicro, Texas Instruments, Amazon, Freescale, Linear Technology, SparkFun, Solyndra, Xilinx
Products
Modelsource, DesignSpark, Futaba, Turnagy
Chips
OMAP
Tools
KiCad, Eagle

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