[misterrob]

With the downturn in the telecom industry Lucent shed a lot of people. Companies that supplied Lucent also lost a ton of people. Verizon and AT&T have also let go a good amount of people. Plenty of start up companies that used to sell into the telecom industry went away too.

Not sure how liberalism has anything to do with that.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Lucent is getting acquired by Alcatel, a French telecom equipment maker. The old AT&T lab are nothing but a shadow of its former self. A colleague said that much of the land in the research park is being sold off -- a better ROI.