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The vintage computers, many of which were donated to LCM, many of which were lovingly restored and maintained by volunteers, are being auctioned by Christie's and zero dollars of that money is going to anyone with an actual hand in creating the value being extracted.

#EatTheRich

#eattherich
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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I bought two vintage speech synthesizers on eBay specifically so I could donate them to the museum, in hopes that the museum would use them to set up a couple of exhibits that would be accessible to blind attendees. Sadly the museum's staff never found the time to do anything useful with these donations. But now it's galling to know that they will probably go to some rich collector who won't know what to do with them. At least I didn't lose much money buying them.
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Janet
Janet
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@matt from a Scottish perspective it seems weird to close a museum and give the money to charity - our museums are charities. And there’s not a reason given in the text for closing. The article doesn’t say which charities the money goes to? What’s really going on?
@Matt Campbell
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Boosty Collins
Boosty Collins
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@Janet_52square @matt What's really going on is the museum never had enough income to be self-sufficient, so was bankrolled by Paul Allen. Then he died, and his sister (the executor of his estate) doesn't care about any of this and is unwinding everything.
@Matt Campbell @Janet
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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@Janet_52square So I guess the lesson is that we need systems and institutions that don't rely on rich benefactors to stay afloat.
@Janet
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Configures
Configures
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@matt I'm sorry. I have felt guilty for not contributing knowledge to them (e.g. history of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility testified to Congress about Star Wars), but I can let that go now.
@Matt Campbell
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