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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Why would they be "shady"?
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Presumably because any company that could produce Coca Cola would not actually call it Coca Cola
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Also, I'm not sure. Coca Cola may spend ("waste") a lot of money on marketing but I'd imagine they're reasonably efficient in terms of production.
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That doesn't mean they're willing to sell it for bottom prices, though.
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Finally, my comments more referred to a society which wasn't primarily profit-motivated.
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Unfortunately ours is
Also, I forgot about the fact that the Coca Cola recipe is in fact not patented because of the need for it to be documented in such a case. Thanks to Tactitus for reminding me of this. I actually feel this is a better solution than slamming patents on everything.