Awww....Masers, Phasers, Transistors, Microchips, GPS, Atomic Clocks, and countless other genius American developments were born here.

Now it dies, along with the other dreams of American industry...

This is sad, but understandable, since Lucent has been taking it in the pants almost since they went public back yonder. Too bad they couldn't parlay all the monies from their modem chip sales. RIP to a great American institution.