cctalk Digest, Vol 80, Issue 22

[Scott Quinn]

On Mon, 2021-05-24 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> Message: 25
> Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 09:24:22 -0700
> From: Jason Howe <jason at smbfc.net>
> To: Chris Zach <cz at alembic.crystel.com>, "General Discussion: On-
> Topic
>         and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....
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> On Sun, 2021-05-23 at 21:34 -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> > Anyone know if the LCM will be open 
> 
> 
> Considering there is no staff as they were all laid off and have now
> all found other jobs, I'd guess that's a hard no.  They'd basically
> need to spin up from 0 again -- considering Vulcan shut down LCM,
> Cinerama and the Flying Heritage Museum as soon as they could after
> Paul's death -- I put my money on asset dispersal, rather than
> reopening.
> 
> I say with a pit in my stomach as a former member and regular
> visitor.
> 
> EMP (or whatever the hell they're called now) survived because they
> had
> been spun off as a separate legal entity from Paul's Vulcan empire.
> 
> 
> --Jason

I fear so as well, but one of the other MS teachers in my district has
done some remote training recently through them, so there might still
be hope.