Another objective of this blog is to make people understand that we need not panic. Life is changing but the basics are still the same.
I will start with the example of the Coca Cola formula. Apparently, the best kept secret of the food industry has been revealed. My first reaction was "well, it's about time". My second reaction was "well I could have prepared my own coke years ago".
No, I didn't chew any coca leaves, I am actually referring to OpenCola. Yes, the same guys that brought you Linux, Firefox and Android, decided that Cola should be free for all and their formula is out there since 2001. There's even a Canadian firm that produced it commercially (for those of you who still think that open source is communism: you are allowed to sell open source-based products, as long as you tell everyone how you made them).
The revealing of the Coca Cola formula is indeed a sensational news item, but it's certainly won't change any lives: after all, how many of you will start brewing their own beverages?
I wonder if some day we will see Moonshine-Cola smugglers running away from the police in southern USA.
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