press review
Around Cultural Periodicals
The Internet guarantees the survival of cultural periodicals struggling with financial problems. Magazines unable to sustain without grants will probably move to the Web. Many of the journals showcased in the catalogue of Witryna Czasopism.pl are already producing Internet versions or even appear exclusively on the Internet (about 130 of 400). Nevertheless, it is difficult to appraise the possible decline of printed periodicals.
selected articles
The Great Open Source Giveaway
If you’ve been to a computer show in recent months you might have seen it: a shiny silver drink can with a ring-pull logo and the words “opencola” on the side. Inside is a fizzy drink that tastes very much like Coca-Cola. Or is it Pepsi? There’s something else written on the can, though, which sets the drink apart. It says “check out the source at opencola.com.” Go to that Web address and you’ll see something that’s not available on Coca-Cola’s website, or Pepsi’s – the recipe for cola. For the first time ever, you can make the real thing in your own home.