The precarious state of classic software and hardware preservation

On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 at 03:30, Ian McLaughlin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: His younger sister Jody used to be the deputy at Vulcan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Allen She left in 2014: https://www.geekwire.com/2014/jody-allen-leaving-vulcan/ It was meant to be a sabbatical: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/10/vulcan-ceo-jody-… But when poor old Paul Allen died in 2018, Jody took control of Vulcan and his >$20Bn fortune. She started firing people in 2019: https://www.geekwire.com/2019/paul-allens-vulcan-holding-company-cutting-jo… And they sold off his yacht: https://www.sportscasting.com/you-can-buy-seattle-sports-mogul-paul-allens-… The sports team was left to run itself: https://thespun.com/nfl/nfc-west/seattle-seahawks/report-pete-carroll-seatt… But of course COVID-19 changed everything: https://www.seahawks.com/news/vulcan-inc-and-the-paul-g-allen-family-founda… Vulcan Productions shut down: https://www.vulcanproductions.com/who-we-are Then this year, (largely) post-COVID, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) took over: https://www.geekwire.com/2021/allen-institute-ai-takes-vulcans-portfolio-en… https://finance.yahoo.com/news/allen-institute-ai-takes-over-190008690.html -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lproven at gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053