4 Nov
2022
4 Nov
'22
11:57 p.m.
On Oct 31, 2022, at 11:45 PM, Tom Hunter via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Thank you Rich for shedding light on this. Most of it makes sense to me,
but the secrecy part where you weren't allowed to talk to those still at
the museum is weird. I can't see any possible commercial reason for
preventing former engineering staff to talk with their former colleagues or
replacements. If anything you would think that any new staff would be
encouraged to talk to the engineers who left to benefit from their
experience. As I said this appears to be rather strange.
I think you have it backwards: The way I read Rich's message, former LCM+L staff can
talk to each other -- they can't really prevent that! -- but anyone still on at LCM+L
can't talk to them about LCM+L (or presumably the public).
That's fairly standard for a company; if I were to leave my employer, my former
colleagues wouldn't be able to talk to me about current internal goings-on there
because I'm a civilian. (We could certainly talk about anything else.) It's a bit
weird for an educational/cultural institution though.
-- Chris