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Open Sauce Foundation Created

First time accepted submitter TekTek writes "In response to the growing proliferation of the use of "secret sauce" as a vehicle for entrepreneurs', venture capitalists', and investment bankers' thinly veiled proprietary machinations, a global consortium of premium condiment manufacturers has launched the Open Sauce Foundation (OSF). Founding members include McIlhenny Company (producer of Tabasco brand pepper sauce), Huy Fong Foods (producer of "Rooster Brand" Sriracha sauce), and Kikkoman (producer of Kikkoman brand Soy Sauce). The new foundation's stated aim is not only to uphold the virtues of buying worthy sauce manufacturers' products, but to demonstrate to the tech, financial, and media communities that "Open" companies, and condiments, can, and do, assume leadership roles in their respective markets."

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  1. Boston version is always pronounced like that by ayahner · · Score: 2

    Sounds like all open source projects in Boston

  2. Onq vqrn by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Qribhg Pngubyvpf jbeyqjvqr fubhyq or bssraqrq, nf gurl bccbfr gur hfr bs pbaqvzragf.

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  3. Re:Why the crypto? by Internal+Modem · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a stupid April Fools gimmick...

  4. Re:Why the crypto? by Scutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    *facepalm*

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  5. I can't read any of this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, let me get me Google Glasses.

    1. Re:I can't read any of this by ThomasBHardy · · Score: 2

      Actually this is one of the uses for Google Glasses that has gone unnoticed. Imagine starting a trend of encrypted marketing, social news, flash mob announcements, news articles and more that is all encrypted and your trusty Google Glasses decrypt them for you automatically.

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  6. BZTCbavrf!! by Paul+Rose · · Score: 2

    BZTCbavrf!!

  7. Another day spent in boredom by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am so tired of every news site thinking they have to come up with clever April Fool's Day articles. Today is going to be a long day.

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  8. Re:Why the crypto? by girlinatrainingbra · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Where's the pink pages? Where's the OMG ponies? Where's the cuteness of fvcking with the CSS and some actual intelligence behind an April Fool's day joke?
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    It's kind of like letting the pointy-haired bosses write a comedy script by committee, zat's what you get with the new /., eh?

  9. Re:Why the crypto? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To be fair, this could easily be just another summary approved by Timothy.

    With the quality of /. lately I'm surprised we don't get more that read like this one (in fact, sometimes we do).

  10. Re:Why the crypto? by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ab, vg'f n fghcvq Ncevy Sbbyf tvzzvpx.

  11. Re:Why the crypto? by gstoddart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, yes ... it's ignore Slashdot day again. Time to find something else to read today.

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  12. Advertising *is* encrypted already by jabberw0k · · Score: 2

    What we need is glasses that decrypt "Whiter whites! Brighter brights!" into "We added a little more bleach, a bucketload of fragrance, and slapped it in a fancier box in order to charge you more."

  13. Re:Why the crypto? by richpoore · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thanks for posting on ignore Slashdot day

  14. Re:Why the crypto? by Requiem18th · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

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  15. Mmmmm, midnight naan by Cid+Highwind · · Score: 2

    Except here, for we have replaced "midnight" with "naan"...

    We have? I'm going to have to have words with the owner of the Punjabi restaurant across the street, they close at 9...

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  16. Re:Why the crypto? by MacGyver2210 · · Score: 2

    Unless you're eating late-night Indian food, 'naan' is not an acceptable replacement for 'midnight'.

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  17. Re:Why the crypto? by Jerry+Smith · · Score: 2

    Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

    Iä! Shub-Niggurath!

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