Jim Roskind

Jim Roskind is an American software engineer best known for designing the QUIC protocol in 2012 while an employee of Google.[2][3] As of 2018, QUIC was used in 8% of all internet traffic.[4] Roskind co-founded Infoseek in 1994 with 7 other people, including Steve Kirsch.[5] Later in 1994, Roskind wrote the Python profiler which is still part of the Python standard library.[6] From 1995 to 2003 he was an employee at Netscape, during which he appeared in the PBS documentary Code Rush.[7][8]

Jim Roskind
EducationMIT (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)[1]
OccupationSoftware engineer
EmployerAmazon
Known forQUIC protocol

Brokerage dispute

While at Netscape in 1996, he successfully brought a lawsuit against Morgan Stanley, arguing that the way they sold his stock caused him to get a lower price than he should have.[9] That case was appealed up to the US Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case, leaving in place a precedent where individuals can sue stock brokers for violations of state law.[10]

References
  1. "Jim Roskind MIT Page".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Google Chrome browser is rolling out HTTP/3 via IETF QUIC". TechSpot. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  3. Alison Harcourt; Seamus Simpson (30 January 2020), Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance, Oxford University Press, pp. 67–, ISBN 978-0-19-884152-4
  4. Rüth, Jan (2018-05-15). "How much of the Internet is using QUIC?". APNIC Blog. Retrieved 2020-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Infoseek SEC Amendment No. 2 To Form S-1". 1996-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "The Python Profilers — Python 3.9.0 documentation". docs.python.org. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  7. Andy Baio (2008-06-17). "Code Rush, the Mozilla Documentary from 2000". Waxy.org. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  8. "Neumob hires Netscape, Google veteran Jim Roskind as CTO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  9. Eaton, Leslie (1998-02-11). "It's Little Guys, 1; Morgan Stanley, 0 (Published 1998)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  10. Egelko, Bob (2001-01-17). "Court Yields On Broader Stock Suits". SFGATE. Retrieved 2020-11-12.


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