Open Source Beer Revolution

   Yesterday, Red Hat introduced an 'open source' beer called Red Brew.  The
   recipes for making the beer are available for free over the Net, 
   and microbrewery kits are available at low cost from Red Hat.
   Says a Red Hat spokesman, "With the proliferation of free (open source)
   software, it was only a matter of time before open source beer became
   reality.  After all, the only thing hackers like more than free software
   is free beer!"

   Following the Red Hat annoucement, other companies are racing to
   launch their own beer 'distribution'.  Caldera is developing an
   OpenBrew beer.  Meanwhile, Patrick Volkerding is working
   on a SlackBeer distribution, and GNU/DebianBrew is expected soon.
   "With all the beer distributions coming soon, microbrewers will
   have plenty of options to choose from," the webmaster of the
   newly-formed opensourcebeer.org website said.

   Traditional breweries and beer distributors are not thrilled about open
   source beer.  "This is ludicrous!  People want beer that comes from
   time-tested, secret recipes -- not beer from recipes invented overnight!
   Open source is a fad," a spokesman for Buddwizzer Beer, Inc. said.
   In addition, other beverage distributors are nervous.  "First open
   source beer, and soon open source soft drinks!  Before we know
   it, we'll have RedCoke and SlackPepsi!  This open source
   plague must be stopped before it eats into our bottom line!
   Don't quote me on that last sentence," the CEO of Croak-a-Cola said.