I&#x27;m a biologist who works in the pharmaceutical industry.  I like the idea of open source insulin as much as the next guy.  But.  I just took a look at their website and it&#x27;s a complete joke, frankly.  It&#x27;s basically a high-school science experiment.  The sort of thing that a single undergrad could do in a few days.  Compared to the thousands of man-years required to produce and test a new pharmaceutical product.<p>I wish them luck, but c&#x27;mon.  Biopharma is not IT where a smart kid can compete from his garage.  It just isn&#x27;t.<p>The NYTimes article says &quot;the hackers hope to be able to demonstrate the technological feasibility&quot; rather than manufacture a drug.  But everyone knows that it&#x27;s technically feasible -- the challenge (and cost) is in the doing.