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As the demand for lighting has exploded, so has the array of affordable, sophisticated lighting products.
Lighting has come a long way since the 1800s, when theaters were lit by small lanterns lined up along the front of the stage. Today, concert promoters, theater staging professionals, rental agencies, lighting designers, special event planners and club owners are discovering that the range of affordable, high-quality, visually rich lighting solutions is vast and getting larger by the year.
The pressure is on to create specialized, intelligent lighting. (Photo courtesy of Vari*Lite)
From PARs to lasers, the lighting industry is seeing new technologies revolutionize stages both large and small. Developments in lighting for stages, clubs, events and even mobile DJs make it easy to add high-quality professional lighting to your venue, act or rental offerings. The trends toward increased usability, dependability and affordability that began in the late 1980s have continued to the point where lighting effects cost one-quarter of what they did back then, and the products often come with features that would have been hard to imagine.
"The theatrical lighting industry has been on a long upward sales curve," says Joseph Tawil, president of GAM Products in Hollywood, Calif.. "I'd like to say it's because we're all so smart, but in truth we're all fortunate to be partaking in the growing phenomenon of 'theme everything' — theme parks, theme restaurants, theme hotels, theme clubs."
GAM makes a wide range of special effects, color filters, patterns and projection lighting equipment used in every venue and project imaginable. "Theatrical lighting lends itself to solutions for these expanding markets, and I see this continuing for some time to come," says Tawil. "Larger markets have allowed the lighting industry to take greater advantage of today's computer-based technology. It's a good time to be in the theatrical lighting business."
Whether you're talking high-end systems targeted at theaters and large showrooms or the more affordable lighting solutions for mobile DJs and rental markets, better quality for less seems to be the order of the day.
Intelligent Lights
"Lighting effects will continue to become more sophisticated in the future," says Scott Davies, general manager of Elation Professional and sister company American DJ, two well-known lighting manufacturers in southern California. "However, we don't believe that this will happen at the expense of the simpler, sound-activated and semi-intelligent effects. These time-proven effects will continue to be popular, particularly among mobile DJs, small clubs, start-up bands, and various users that have relatively straight-forward lighting needs. Why? Because they're user-friendly and they get the job done.
Larger markets have allowed the lighting industry to take advantage of computer-based technology.
"On the other hand," he adds, "we believe that intelligent lighting is going to become even more sophisticated. We look for lighting effects to become more versatile and continue to flow into the architectural arena. There will also be more specialized lighting effects that will fill a very specific niche in a lighting designer's creative scheme."
American DJ recently introduced several new products, including an intelligent light called The Reflex, which is an affordable (under $200) dual moonflower effect that bounces, bends and reflects a ton of multi-colored beams off two scanning mirrors to create "dazzling treasure-in-the-dark effects" that appeal to clubs and entertainment venues.
Over at Elation Professional there's the new Color Wash 575 that is part of the CMY Color Mixing system, which utilizes combined colors to achieve new colors that are not available in Gel form. The light comes with a 575-watt lamp rated at 750 hours and a 180-degree beam shaper with a motor that can position the light at 28 different beam angles almost instantaneously.
American DJ and Elation Professional have hundreds of products between them for every effect and venue imaginable. "The trend in DJ, mobile and club special effects lighting is moving toward fixtures that go above and beyond the ordinary, to offer something extra in visual excitement," says Davies. "The Reflex is a new generation of moonflower effect because it's really two moonflowers in one, plus it offers the 'dual' movement of rotating light beams and rotating mirrors. Yet, it sells for a very affordable price that you'd expect to find on a traditional moonflower."
The Catalyst system from High End Systems combines video and lighting technologies in an exciting, new way.
But Davies sees more fragmentation ahead for the lighting industry. "As lighting becomes increasingly sophisticated, the club market, theatrical market and architectural arena will grow further apart," he predicts. "There'll be fewer lighting products crossing over between markets, but many more products in the market overall, thus creating tremendous market growth in specialized, intelligent lighting."
Diversify and Specialize
One company that's ahead of the curve on diversifying and specializing its products by making them more intelligent is Vari-Lite International. Vari-Lite has two separate divisions: Vari-Lite Inc., the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and Vari-Lite Production Services (VLPS), which rents lighting and provides production services from offices in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Orlando, London and Tokyo.
The rental and lighting services giant has handled the lighting and staging services for some of the biggest events of the year — the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Olympics, the NFL Super Bowl halftime show, the recording industry's Grammy awards, and the Oscars, to name a few. As for Vari-Lite Inc., its automated lighting products have earned the company numerous industry and entertainment awards, including three Emmy awards for excellence in engineering.
The 2002 MCI Awards show took advantage of Vari-Lite's lighting expertise.
At the 2002 NAB convention this past spring, the company introduced the new VL 1000 Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight and, more recently, announced that QVC, the cable TV network, had purchased ten of them for use in lighting its television studio sets.
"Because we have such a strange show format, we may be lighting a musical act for one program and lighting a kitchen set with chef Emeril Lagasse the next," says QVC lighting supervisor Doug Rae. "With the VL1000 fixtures, it doesn't matter. We can do it all with the same light. The wide angle of the beam is quite impressive. When we aren't using it with the shutters, we can pull back and use it as a wash light."
Four of the' 'luminaires' will be used on QVC's fashion set, primarily to project the logo or trademark of each particular designer onto a different area of the set. Because the fixtures will be stationed within just feet of the program hosts, Rae says it was also critical that the lights operate silently. "The VL1000 ERS was designed such that the fans will not activate under most normal operating conditions," says Vari-Lite president Clay Powers.
The new ETC Emphasis Light Console is being called the Swiss army knife of consoles.
Indeed, lighting systems have gotten more versatile, quieter and a lot smarter. Once static lamps have given way to automation and animation. Lights now often resemble space-age appliances with effects that are truly out of this world. For the most part, gone are the days of static lights projecting basic colors with manual switches and dimmers. Today automation and computer control via the DMX 512 control protocol — developed in 1986 as a standard interface between dimmers and consoles — are the norm.
DMX, as it's called, started out as a means to control lights and dimmers via back-of-the-house consoles. It has ended up being used to control intelligent lights, color changers, yokes, strobes, smoke machines, lasers, fountains, stage shifting operations and even confetti and fog dispensers. The DMX protocol consists of a stream of data that is sent over a balanced cable system connected between the data transmitter (usually a lighting console) and a data receiver (which is virtually any lighting or special effect). A single DMX port can output lighting control and value information for a maximum 512 channels or fixtures. More and more lights and effects are including the protocol.
The American DJ LPP5 features four lighting effects and the CC500 controller that help wash a wide area with many beams of different colors projected at different angles.
ETC is a well-respected creator of products for the entertainment lighting industry. The company created such groundbreaking solutions as the Source Four ellipsoidal spotlight, Sensor dimmers and the Expression Control Console and knows all about manipulating lights for maximum effect. The company's new Emphasis Lighting Console, introduced at NAB 2002, is being called the Swiss army knife of consoles because it does so much.
The Emphasis Control Console is a control console, lighting design and visualization toolbox, and a networked system — a control system that is fully scaleable to any user's needs. ETC offers it in channel counts from 500 to 5000, so it's easily upgradeable as a venue's needs change. The new system is also a sophisticated lighting design tool that incorporates a totally new version of the ETC, Emmy-Award-winning WYSIWYG! visualization software. With this built-in graphic interface and database, Emphasis takes the user through the lighting design and concept process, into the planning and configuring process, on to programming and realizing the design before and after entering the performance space.
The Intelligent Lytemode System (ILS) from Lightolier Controls is another example of how important and pervasive affordable control solutions are becoming today. After all, a light without a controller is just a lamp. The new system combines intelligent dimmers, simple or complex control and multiple communication protocols to provide a really flexible system for theater and showroom environments, according to the company. The ILS system uses a new technology of distributed and Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistor (IGBT) dimming. IGBT is the most advanced dimming method now available. Its dimmers operate silently — with no mechanical noise — so they can be installed right next to their electrical power systems, or loads, in areas that are acoustically sensitive. It's a no-hum solution, according to users. The new product also features a patented 'Low Harm' mode that reduces excess electrical currents, which reduces interference with audio equipment.
Lightolier Controls also provides Windows-based programming and control software that allows for virtually unlimited control points — cues, channels, scenes — and pre-show design visualization.
"By utilizing distributed dimming, the ILS system provides a major advantage over conventional lighting control solutions by allowing control of the loads at the dimmer locations (next to the light fixture), making ILS-distributed dimming quick and easy for even one person to setup and test, as well as providing maximum versatility in theatrical lighting applications," says Gary Meshberg, national marketing manager for Lightolier Controls.
The introduction of this kind of product means that not only are the lights themselves more affordable, but so is the ability to control them.
Integrating Lights and Video
In addition to more affordable and intelligent lighting, the lines between various A/V technologies are blurring. We've already touched on using laptop computers to design, pre-visualize and execute light shows. Another trend is the way video projectors are being integrated into light shows.
Shown publicly for the first time at InfoComm 2002 in Las Vegas June 13-15, the Catalyst system from High End Systems typifies this new breed of product. The new lighting-effect product uses computer technology, traditional lighting and video projection to take stage effects to new levels. Using a Digital Media Server, DMX and a three-chip DLP video projector (Catalyst outputs an XGA signal), users can load stills, full motion video, moving animations and more. Users also can scale, rotate, zoom, edit, morph, color mix, overlay or blend images, video and lights for truly one-of-a-kind effects in realtime. Catalyst has been shipping only a short time, but has won five industry awards and been seen on major TV awards shows.
Catalyst's "orbital movement system" let's you project your image anywhere in 3D space — almost like the hologram of Princess Leia that R2D2 projects in the original Star Wars movie. High End calls this Liquid Light. The mirrored head provides 250-degree movement on one axis and 360-degree on the other two. And the effects unit can be fitted on most high-powered rental/staging video projectors, which rental companies love.
"The response Catalyst has received in previews has been overwhelming," comments Nils Thorjussen, a vice president at High End Systems, which is headquartered in Texas. "Video professionals love Catalyst because they're no longer limited to projecting in one location; designers love it because they now have a powerful new tool; video rental companies love it because it helps them increase their inventory utilization."
It's just this type of synergy that is helping change the lighting industry and providing audiences with visual effects that are out of this world.
A Bright Future
The fact that lighting products are becoming more affordable and more feature-rich is vital as lighting effects become increasingly more important to both venues and acts alike.
"Sometimes the band rents additional lights and projection equipment or video walls to supplement what we have for an enhanced light show or for a video behind the bands while they play or, if they choose, even in between sets," says Joe Paganelli, general manager of The Fillmore, a legendary concert hall in San Francisco, Calif. "It's a growing business. So much so that a former employee, James Olness, even created his own company called J.O.E. Lighting, and he usually brings in any A/V gear necessary to do a special show, or project a wide-screen video or whatever the act calls for." More bands are seeing the importance of lighting, and concert goers paying higher and higher ticket prices are demanding a visual experience as well as a musical one.
In fact, you'll find that behind every great show, in addition to the artists' talent, are solid lighting and visual effects products by companies such as Martin, SGM Lighting, High End Systems and American DJ. These have become such an integral and expected part of all kinds of performances that most PA and sound reinforcement companies are now either carrying lighting equipment in their rental fleets or strategically partnering with lighting rental companies to provide an end-to-end event production solution. And even performers appreciate its importance.
"Good lighting can make all the difference," says cruise ship headliner, Kenny Smiles. "Today's performer needs to be aware of the power of lighting effects. You need to understand not only music and comedy but also lighting technology so that you can properly direct the ship's production staff. Effective stage lighting and visual effects can make a so-so act truly brilliant. Any time you can visually excite people, it's a good thing."
When it comes to where the theater, event and mobile lighting industry stand today, perhaps Joel Nichols, president of Apollo Design Technology, a leading manufacturer of lighting products that are used extensively in theater, concerts and other live events, sums it up best.
"The entertainment industry is doing well and going strong," he says. "Lighting technology is now filtering into other industries. You see it moving into clubs, themed environments, restaurants and even home entertainment. The future will see lighting solutions with even more movement and more color because of greater demand from end users and audiences with high visual expectations. People are discovering how changing the color of an area, scene or song can affect and change the atmosphere."
Tom Patrick McAuliffe is a freelance writer and entertainer living in Northern California. Visit his web site at www.tompatrick.com.
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The Language of Lighting
Chase: A group of spot or flood lights that are turned on and off in a rapid sequence. A chase can be as simple as a single string of lights flashed sequentially around a sign by a mechanical or electronic switching device (chaser or chase unit), or by utilizing the chase (or effect) functions of a computer memory console. A chase also can be complex multi-part cues affecting large groups of lights or special effects. A chase can be sound activated or timed.
Dimmer: A device that causes connected lamps to decrease in intensity. Most dimmers for entertainment lighting are some variation of an SCR. Individual dimmers are traditionally arranged in modules of two dimmer switches. Multiple modules are combined into dimmer racks.
DMX: A quasi-computer language for controlling numerous lights and special effects events.
Gel: A piece of burn-proof acetate that is transparent but comes in various colors. It is placed over a light to cast a different color. Gels also come in hard plastic for pin spots.
Gel-frame: A folded sheet of metal, with a hole punched through the center, used to hold a gel rigid in front of a stage or spotlight.
Follow Spot: A manually operated lighting fixture specially designed for following performers as they move about the stage. Most follow spots employ some method for manual control of iris, shutter and dowser, as well as a color gels.
Gobo: An image or pattern that is placed in front of a spot light to project an image. Usually made of etched stainless steel or brass in a process similar to that used when making PCBs. Glass and mesh tone varieties are available. Glass Gobos can use dichroic filters to provide colored images.
PAR: The Parabolic Aluminized Reflector is a type of lamp similar in construction to a car headlight lamp. Provides a more intense beam per watt than other incandescent lamp technologies.
Pin spot: A special type of PAR light that produces a near parallel beam of light that is widely used as a disco effect.
Ropelight: A clear plastic tubing, 1 inch in diameter, usually containing four circuits of low voltage lamps, similar to fairy lights. A controller flashes the circuits in sequence creating an illusion of movement. White and multicolored types are available.
Rigging: A collective noun for the equipment used to suspend PA and lighting equipment but can also cover trusses, stands, supports, portable stages, etc.


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Just announced by T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG), a revolutionary new service for small business named Square, with credit card readers tailored for small businesses which can read credit cards and submit payments, anytime and anywhere, to banks over Smartphones for real-time revenue generating income. Square plugs into your Android or IPhone device and comes as an accessory in select retail stores. The market, encompassing smaller businesses, is the backbone of our economy and by far the largest business segment needing remote credit card processing.
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Your excursion begins at the pier and you will soon pass by the ornate Central Train Station, an architectural standout designed in 1910 by Gustave Eiffel, famous for his namesake tower in Paris. In many ways, the train station is a symbol of Maputo rebirth, following the heavy damage it received during Mozambique's long civil war. When a peace treaty was signed in 1992, the true recovery began. The city continues to recreate its past glory in landmarks like the train station and the five-star Polana Hotel that overlooks the harbor.
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Remember Rudy Crew? In 2004, he was the St. Louis Public School Boards first and only pick to be superintendent. Dr. Crew, the Board said, was the just the leader needed to revitalize education in the central city.
But Rudy Crew had other prospects and, shortly after leaving St. Louis at the altar, he eloped with the Miami-Dade County schools. He would save them rather than us.
That left St. Louis with a series of interim superintendents, one brief fourteen-month fling with Creg Williams, and now the selection of a new head.
How did Dr. Crew do in Miami? There was a honeymoon, some positive signs, and a contract renewal. But the situation started to unravel over a year ago and, earlier this month, Dr. Crew was fired.
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We heard a report from Virginia that Social Security offices remain open. But work was at a stand-still because the shutdown limited computer access. We went to the Bozeman office to check it out and find out if that was the case here in Montana.
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I am eagerly waiting for some kind of signal as to whether the EOS-M is an evolutionary dead end (at least in the US), or whether it will continue and be worthy of investment.
Mirrorless Rumors is saying wait until Photoplus Expo, starting the 23 of October.
Be nice if Canon would take the Fuji route and provide really good primes. On the other hand, Fuji doesn't have toI generally agree, but the advantage of a mirrorless camera is not just size. I've used Canon DSLRs since 2003 and currently have a 5D2 and 7D plus the GNP of a small nation tied up in lenses and other Canon-specific stuff. For me, the appeal of video with a large sensor and limited depth of field is important. The 5D2 has a Panavision-sized view and the 7D is actually "full frame" cinema size. The problem is, I don't really have the skill or a dedicated assistant to follow focus for video. And the 12 minute scene limit is also from time to time a deal killer. Inability to use the viewfinder for video is another negative.
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Isn't it ironic, don't you think?
Tomorrow at the solar-powered Felton Fire Station at 1 p.m., the Felton Linux Users Group is holding its monthly meeting, and we're having a speak from Canonical coming to talk to us.
As one of the founders of the group and usually the one who kicks off the meeting and introduces guest speakers, I get to introduce him to the group before he speaks.
It's a free ride when you already paid. Anyway, it should be fun.
Meanwhile, some of you may have had my Lavabit address — I had a Lavabit account and used it for CrunchBang/FOSS related e-mails. Of course, you probably heard by now about how Ladar Levison took the site down for reasons he can't talk about, but are somewhat tied to his protecting the privacy of the 350,000 users on Lavabit (one of whom, reportedly, was an Edward Snowden, of NSA contractor fame).
I'm currently looking for a replacement.
So tomorrow, watch for the weekly Larry the Free Software Guy tome. It'll be here, right on time.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy, Larry the CrunchBang Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
When did you start?
Here's another poll — and no, I'm not in this one — that is somewhat interesting brought to us by our friends at linuxquestions.org.
It's a simple question: In what year did you start using Linux?
I'm always curious about when people started. I know many greybeards and gurus who were there at the start. It's one of those perks that come with living close enough to the Silicon Valley to be able to drive a half-hour and be at the center of the digital universe, or so it seems sometimes.
I also know folks who just started as late as a month ago — they're members of the Felton LUG who have happened upon Ubuntu and have just installed it to dual-boot for now, and hopefully later on they'll drop Windows and keep using a FOSS-based operating system.
And I know folks who fall between these two extremes.
My vote goes to 2006-07. I started in mid-2006 and the chance meeting with Linux was purely political. I had won an uncontested primary for the Green Party's nomination for Insurance Commissioner of California and, as a Green, I didn't take corporate contributions. Faced with the prospect of having to buy Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to make campaign materials, the IT guy for the California Green Party asked me if I had heard of "Free/Open Source Software." I hadn't, but I was quickly brought up to speed: I didn't need Adobe — there was Scribus and GIMP that would do the same thing. "Oh, and the Mac you have? It will run an operating system called Linux — try Debian and see how you like it."
[Yeah, I had a Mac and for the longest time I was a big Linux-on-PowerPC guy.]
Long story short: I came up about 47 percent of the vote short of winning the election, no surprise there for a third-party candidate, garnering 2.3 percent (in California, that's 270,218 folks who voted for me; the highest total for Greens that year). However, during the course of the campaign — driving around California during the campaign — I kept thinking about what a great concept the Free/Open Source Software paradigm is and how beneficial it could be for society in general.
So after the election, I gave up partisan politics to advocate for Free/Open Source Software instead, which is what I've been doing ever since.
When did you start? Go vote, and then tell your story in the comments below. I'd be interested to hear when and how you got started.
Oh, and one more thing: If you haven't voted in the FOSS Force poll, you can do that here.
Oh, and one more other thing: Ubuntu Edge.
There. I said it. Now that I mentioned Ubuntu Edge, I have to post this.
Every time I mention Ubuntu Edge in a blog post, I am going to mention this. I still strongly advocate for folks to donate to the following groups instead of giving millions to Canonical. Give instead to:
Reglue (especially Reglue, for bringing Linux boxes to underprivileged kids in the Austin, Texas, area)
Partimus (bringing Linux boxes to classrooms in the San Francisco Bay Area)
CrunchBang (or your favorite distro, if it accepts donations)
Tux4Kids (the folks who bring you Tux Paint and other educational FOSS programs across platforms)
Or even taking a look at the list of projects at Software for the Public Interest and choose one of those.
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(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Perspective: Do you have it?
[Blogger's Note: FOSS Force, which provides news and commentary on all things Free/Open Source, currently has a poll running to rank the Best Personal Linux or FOSS Blog, in which they include Larry the Free Software Guy. All the blogs are excellent, but I shamelessly admit that this is an appeal to vote for me. So if you like this blog, use one of your two first-round votes -- yes, you have two votes to vote for two blogs (not two of the same one) -- to vote for Larry the Free Software Guy. If you don't like this blog, cast your votes for two of the others: I'd vote for Ken Starks' Blog of Helios or write in Jim Eriksen's Jim's 2011 blog at http://jims2011.blogspot.com (write-ins must be accompanied by the URL). And whomever you choose in the privacy of the digital voting booth, thank you for voting!]
Grab some coffee. Perspective is important, and you're going to be here for awhile.
I had been sitting on this since midweek, thinking, "Well, if I give it a few days of thought and reflection, today's post might be a more well-rounded item than shooting from the hip." Which, of course, is true. If there's anything I've learned in blogging as Larry the Free Software Guy over the past several years, it's that when shooting from the hip, body counts usually follow.
That said, despite a litany of questionable and debatable premises involving unwashed masses, sitting around wringing our hands (I don't know anyone doing that, do you?) and Windows' "success" being the result of something other than having a monopoly in the market — maybe this is all sarcasm that I missed on multiple readings? — FOSS Force's Christine Hall somehow miraculously reaches a valid conclusion in her midweek article about Mark Shuttleworth.
Forget nitpicking about certain points Hall makes that are well off-base — Ubuntu/Canonical's lack of contributions back to the community is widely documented, and if someone brought Cadillac blueprints to the Yugo factory, the Yugo folks would probably laugh themselves into a change of underwear before asking, "Do you realize how much it would cost to retool our factory — any factory — to make a car for which the factory was not designed?"
Never mind all that: Christine Hall is right that Mark Shuttleworth has made a solid contribution to the desktop, and it's a contribution for which we are grateful. No one has ever disputed that. However, it's a contribution nestled upon laurels that are well-rested upon, and one that is well past its prime. Where once it was about putting Linux in front of people, it's now about putting Mark's Linux — his own Ubuntu OS brand of Linux — front and center and in the public eye.
That's how the real world works, boys and girls. We get that. It's unfair to think that Mark Shuttleworth shouldn't make a profit on the heavy investment he's made. That's not — nor has it ever been — the issue here. What actually has been front-and-center is a variety of issues including, but clearly not limited to, treating the community in a less-than-open manner, picking up the mantle of Apple's "reality distortion field" in taking credit for things it does not deserve (Debian is part of Ubuntu's ecosphere — really, Mark?) and repeating once again not contributing back to FOSS in a manner expected of a entity that claims to be a leader in the field. Especially contributions back to FOSS, looking at the last couple of years: If the widespread adoption of Unity, to say nothing of the wider community's embracing Mir so far, is any indication of Ubuntu/Canonical's contributions back to the wider FOSS world . . . oh, wait.
So Mark Shuttleworth laid the groundwork for his enterprise on the backs of trusting developers contributing to a project which started out as a community effort, and now he's ramping it up a notch, in a corporate way, to recoup his investment.
Again — regardless of whether it's right or wrong, whether we agree or disagree, whether or not we think it's disingenuous of Ubuntu to eventually coerce long-time community members to become serfs to Canonical's profit margin — we get that. That's how this works. Deal with it.
Which brings up another interesting scenario: Let's say Canonical is wildly successful at Ubuntu Edge, goes off on that tangent as the phone/computer-hybrid-king-of-the world and leaves the FOSS realm to — pardon the pun — its own devices. It may even change licenses, or may even become closed: Taking into account the remote, but entirely possible, page from the Steve Jobs playbook that Mark Shuttleworth may choose to close the code, making Canonical into Canonisoft.
Would we even miss them once they're gone?
A few years ago on a road trip to Linux Fest Northwest, Red Hat's Karsten Wade and I had a discussion around this question: If Red Hat immediately pulled the plug on Fedora (or if Red Hat just disappeared — relax, Mark, that's not happening), would Fedora exist? Assuming that all the data for the distro existed somewhere, which it does, the community would still continue in some form. But the consensus was that Fedora would continue without Red Hat if Red Hat didn't exist.
The same could be said for Ubuntu, if Canonical ceased to exist. Ubuntu would clearly still exist, espcially since it has the luxury of having Debian as a fallback.
So while you are chowing down on this food for thought — well, a feast for thought worthy of Henry VIII — keep in perspective that Linux and FOSS have been growing and thriving before Ubuntu came along, and it will continue to grow and thrive whether Ubuntu/Canonical stays or goes. To say nothing of that desktop/laptop Linux and FOSS will continue on its march of progress, though I've already addressed that here.
This blog post could end here, except there's dessert at 140-characters-per-spoonful, thanks to a series of tweets last night with the hashtag #linuxmalaise posted by my journalistic colleague Steven Rosenberg (Steven and I both work for different newspapers the same newspaper chain, though we both blog independently of our employers). If you're not following @passthejoe, you should.
On Saturday night, Steven posted a series of interesting tweets that you should read, starting with:
"Is it just me, or do I sense a profound malaise in the #linux world? #linuxmalaise"
Which of course segues eventually to:
"So many put so much hope into the @Ubuntu basket, and after @canonical lost its mind over the past few years … #linuxmalaise"
There are others, but you get the idea. The fact of the matter is that Steven brings up a lot of things that many won't say. Take a look.
Meanwhile, I think #linuxmalaise is a very valid subject to be discussing, so thanks for bringing it up, Steven (and I hope a blog post on it is forthcoming).
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy, Larry the CrunchBang Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)


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9:30am Saturday 26th January 2013 in U's News By David Pritchard, Chief Sports Reporter covering Oxford United. Follow us on twitter: @oxfordmailoufc. Call me on 01865 425458
Deane Smalley is back in Oxford United's matchday squad today, but the striker knows the team's form means he may have to wait for an opportunity to play.
The U's head north for a first meeting with Fleetwood Town on the back of four successive npower League Two wins.
It is the club's best run in the Football League since 1996 and has carried them back into the top half of the table.
Smalley will boost their attacking options after more than three months out with a groin injury, but is unlikely to claim a starting spot.
The 24-year-old is aware he could have to bide his time before getting a chance to add to his three goals this season.
He said: "It's not about me, it's about the team and they're in a really good position. "There's a couple of games in hand and if we win those it would put us right up in the play-off positions. "The team is playing well and I might have to wait for a spot in the team because the strikers are doing really well.
"Justin (Richards) has come in and been brilliant. He's been a great loan signing, so I've just got to be patient."
The return to fitness of Smalley and Adam Chapman means for virtually the first time this term U's will have more than 18 senior players available.
Boss Chris Wilder will have to decide whether to stick with the 3-4-3 system which served them so well in the 2-1 win at Bradford in their last game, or revert to 4-4-2.
Liam Davis (hamstring) is ruled out, but Luke O'Brien is back after signing a new contract, providing his partner does not go into labour this morning.
James Constable is unavailable as he serves the final game of a suspension.
United's home game against Rotherham United was one of the fixtures which fell to victim a week ago, so they have not had a run-out for a fortnight.
No such problems are expected at Highbury this afternoon and United assistant manager Mickey Lewis believes the break will fire up the visitors.
He said: "I think you'll find that after missing a Saturday and not playing for two weeks the lads really are champing at the bit to play, even more than normal.
"We're in really good form, but we won't take anything for granted."
Fleetwood yesterday signed midfielder Paul McKenna on loan from Hull City and he comes straight into their squad.
Experienced defender Youl Mawene is available again after injury, but striker Jon Parkin is not thought to be ready despite returning to training.
The Cod Army sit three places above the U's in the table, but have lost to Northampton and Bristol Rovers in their last two games.
Fleetwood Tn: (from) Davies, Beeley, Atkinson, Goodall, Howell, Evans, Marrow, Barry, Brown, Matt, Ball, Nicholson, Mawene, Maxwell, McNulty, Pond, McGuire, Johnson, Allen, Titchiner, McKenna.
Oxford Utd: (from) Brown, Batt, Duberry, Wright, Capaldi, Potter, Montrose, Leven, Rigg, Richards, Craddock, Marsh, Parker, Smalley, Chapman, Heslop, Worley, Raynes, O'Brien, Crocombe.
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The Brickyard 400 is Sunday, but the on track action is already underway on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan is back at the Brickyard, hoping to kiss the bricks again.
Grand Am racing made its debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year as part of the Super Weekend. On Thursday, the drivers were back on the track.
Tony Kanaan is also back. The Indy 500 champion is looking for his second win in Indianapolis this year.
Kanaan is driving a Daytona prototype car in the Brickyard Grand Prix on Friday, a three-hour endurance race that begins at 5:30 pm. He's driving for car owner Chip Ganassi.
"Chip always says I like to put champions in my car and you're a 500 so would you accept that? It's hard to say no. I think me and Chip, we have a history of me trying to drive for him for so many years and it never happened. We finally made it happen. It's for one race and a lot of people are trying to read into it but it's just for this weekend. That's just how it happened and it couldn't happen in a better place for me, I can tell you that," Kanaan said.
Thursday is practice and qualifying. On Friday, things get really interesting. That's when NASCAR will come to IMS for both Nationwide and Sprint Cup practice on the oval in the morning. In the afternoon, they will switch the track back to a road course for the Grand Am races. On Saturday, it's the Nationwide race for NASCAR and the Brickyard 400 on Sunday.
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The sudden surge in gas prices nationwide played right into Newt Gingrich's stump speech during a rally Friday at the Historic Everett Theater in Everett.
The Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House has long called for unleashing of America's full energy production potential of oil, saying the political left has been trying to drive up gasoline prices for 30 years by ignoring that potential.
"When I was Speaker of the House, gas was $1.13 a gallon. When President Obama (took office), it was $1.89," he said. Several towns and cities in the Puget Sound have already seen gas prices rise this month past $4 a gallon again. "If you want gas at $2.50 a gallon, vote for me. If you want gas at $10 a gallon, vote for Obama."
Gingrich's comments were red meat to the enthusiastic crowd who filled the Everett theater. By taking full advantage of oil in the Arctic and Gulf of Mexico, he said the U.S. could be producing more than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined by the end of the decade.
Before Gingrich took to the podium, the crowd was led in prayer and the singing of the National Anthem by Tony Moore, president of the Federal Way School Board (Moore helped organize an earlier Gingrich rally Friday in Federal Way at the Best Western Plus Evergreen Inn & Suites). The crowd cheered loudly for Gingrich's wife, Callista Gingrich, who spoke for a few minutes before her husband took the stage. She remained at his side for the entire one-hour speech.
The presidential primary candidate touched on familiar themes, including welfare reform, repealing the estate tax (or so-called "death" tax), balancing the budget (saying he's the only Speaker of the House to preside over four consecutive balanced budgets "in our lifetime") and creating a 15 percent tax rate. But that didn't stop him from taking a swipe at leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who acknowledged that he paid an effective federal tax rate of 13.9 percent in 2010 on $27 million in earnings, a rate much lower than most Americans.
"I'd like to have you have the same tax rate as Romney," Gingrich said.
Gingrich also said it's time to get tougher on terrorism.
"If you look at the average terrorist bomb plot, they do not come from the Kansas Kiwanis," he said. "We allow Muslim front groups to dictate to the U.S. government what appropriate behavior is. We hold meetings with the Organization of Islamic Countries, which is basically organized for the purpose of having a totally one-sided (perspective). And we assure them that we want to help them — I don't want to help them."
If the U.S. wants to help them, Gingrich added, "We have to start by asking them, how soon can we build a (Christian) church in Saudi Arabia?"
, the rally in Everett featured few disruptions. When one man in the theater's balcony yelled that Gingrich was "part of the 1 percent," — a reference to the "We are the 99 percent" slogan adopted by the Occupy movement — the crowd quickly drowned out the man with chants of "Newt, Newt, Newt," and another audience member near the stage stood up and yelled at the protestor to come down to the lower level and repeat what he said.
Gingrich recognized the man's rights to his opinions, but fired off: "It's better that some people should ventilate rather than explode."
On the subject of the current occupant of the White House, criticism of President Obama is standard fare in all the Republican Party candidates' talking points — but Gingrich wasn't as harsh in Everett as in previous speeches across the country. One of the biggest cheers of the evening, however, came with this: "I believe the economy will turn around late election night when people know Obama is no longer in office." He also added a zinger about the country "becoming a secular dictatorship under President Obama."
The recent influx of Republican presidential candidates to Washington — , Mitt Romney is scheduled next week — comes in preparation for the state's Republican caucus on March 3.
Gingrich reminded those voting in the caucuses to keep a few things in mind.
"I want this campaign to offer every American the chance to pursue happiness by having a job. I believe America only works when Americans are working. I believe that means we go back to when it worked for Reagan, when we created 16 million jobs, and when it worked for Clinton and me when we created 11 million jobs in four years. Pretty simple. Lower taxes, less regulation, more American energy and respect for and enthusiasm for people who create jobs."


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A Cabin on Paradise provides a quiet retreat on the Hiawassee River just 1.5 miles from the John Campbell Folk School.
This restful retreat is steps away from fishing, rafting, kayaking or just rocking on the screened in porch to watch the river.
4 Miles from Downtown Murphy's shops and restaurants. In the Smoky Mountains, near Brasstown, North Carolina, USA (Within 2 Hours from Asheville, NC, Atlanta, GA, Chattanooga, TN) Come for the Festivals, Flea Markets, Trout Fishing, walking trails or just relaxing. Our cozy cabin is found on a private street in a valley on the noisy part of the Hiawassee River. It's perfect for all.
Accommodations include a Master Loft with king size bed and full bathroom, second bedroom on the main level with full bathroom and a queen sofa sleeper A Cabin on Paradise sleeps 6. Newly remodeled (completed April 2011) with gourmet kitchen, wrap around porch with screened in porch overlooking the river and a gas burning fireplace for quiet evenings.
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Leading into the Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold headliner, Chris Camozzi will welcome Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza to the Octagon in the co-main event of tonight's UFC on FX 8 show from Santa Catarina, Brazil.
In MMA, when we speak in terms of "the best Jiu-Jitsu ever," there are two classes: those who've convincingly established their prowess against elite competition -- such as Frank Mir, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Demian Maia and Shinya Aoki -- and those who've loaded up their fireplace mantle with trophies in pure grappling competition and crossed over to MMA but have yet to achieve the same level of prestige in the cage. Examples of fighters in the latter category are Roger Gracie, Vinny Magalhaes, Leonardo Santos and a fella that most know simply as "Jacare," meaning alligator or crocodile in Portugese.
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (17-3) and Roger Gracie are the most widely respected and ridiculously decorated sport Jiu-Jitsu players in MMA today. But even beyond that lustrous reputation, Jacare is particularly special as, from the day he first set foot in the ring/cage, it was obvious that he had unparalleled potential as a BJJ-to-MMA crossover. Whereas the standard BJJ phenom is initially -- or permanently -- plagued by an awkward stance, clunky striking tendencies and a lack of experience with takedowns, Jacare is a rare exception.
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza background and history by BJJHeroes.com
The 33-year-old Brazilian took to MMA like a fish to water, exhibiting an eery semblance of comfort and confidence in the striking and wrestling departments. Jacare showed a surprising grasp of fundamentals right out of the gate in subtle aspects like staying on balance in a good striking stance, flicking out a jab, circling away from his opponent's power hand, having a sense of tempo and timing, transitioning from striking to clinching or grappling, and tailoring his Jiu-Jitsu mastery in a gi to MMA's unfriendly no-gi environment.
What I feel really sets Jacare apart from other decorated sport grapplers in MMA is his natural athleticism and the fact that he just seems like a natural born fighter. Jiu-Jitsu is typically a smooth and silky art, so the acclimation to MMA's rugged brutality can be a shock to the system. In plain terms, BJJ standouts are not used to getting punched in the face while working their specialty, and the experience can be anything from significantly distracting to persuasive enough to hang up the gloves and stick with competitive grappling.
We knew Jacare was uniquely suited to MMA because, when the time came to see how he reacted to eating strikes whilst employing his grappling, he was the one throwing and landing just as many strikes as his adversary; when we were ready to gauge his striking as either ghastly or potentially workable, he conducted himself better than any other BJJ crossover on the feet and set a new standard for adaptation. And Jacare was able to impose his submission wizardry more often and effectively than most BJJ aficionados on account of his black belt in Judo and admirable wrestling instincts.
Judo Chop: Jacare's Guard Passing by T.P. Grant
This unparalleled birth in MMA quickly flowered into securing the DREAM middleweight title and, soon after, the Strikeforce middleweight championship. The stage is now set for a trial on the ultimate proving ground, where a hard-nosed and durable challenge awaits him.
Chris Camozzi (19-5) is a guy most expected to fade out after a few turns in the Octagon. He first appeared on TUF 11 and battled through a feisty Victor O'Donnell in the first episode's elimination match, but was sent home anyway with a broken jaw. Camozzi does nothing flashy or outrageously memorable, but his 7-2 clip in the UFC speaks for itself and commands respect.
The college rugby player is a tough as nails southpaw with ever-improving striking, hefty size and strength for a 185er and a physically imposing force in the cage. He's the type of guy who makes nothing easy for his opponent: he's difficult to take down or move around in general, he's as strong as an ox, his striking isn't world class but he's gangly and hits hard, and Camozzi is just an iron-willed scrapper overall.
Jacare is no slouch on the feet but Camozzi will be willing to tangle with him anywhere but on the mat, leaving his footwork, movement and takedown defense as pivotal elements. One advantage of Jacare's lack of a traditional wrestling pedigree is that almost all of his takedown attempts consist of lightning-fast bursts into clinch range rather than springing for an all-or-nothing takedown from outside. This characteristic allows for an ongoing onslaught of range-shrinking attacks instead of the intermittent charges and lulls of a typical collegiate wrestler.
What I'm trying to say is that Jacare constantly threatens to dart his way into contact range with a nonstop pulse of frenzied offense rather than diving for takedowns from a distance and then resetting and repeating the cycle.
I'm of the opinion that Camozzi is strong and savvy enough to ward off Jacare's takedowns when his feet are planted and he sees the blitz coming. Though I'd consider Camozzi's footwork to be altogether average, he's a beast in the clinch and adept at lowering his level, getting a wide base and digging an underhook to prevent takedowns. Since Jacare will have his hands full in a head-to-head takedown war, his superior speed, quickness and use of angles along with how well he sets up his advancements with striking should dictate the efficacy of his clinch/takedown game.
Along with the cumulative combat sports audience, Camozzi will be well aware that his chances drastically diminish on the floor with Jacare but skyrocket when he's moving of his own accord out in open space. Therefore, I don't see how Camozzi will adopt anything but a movement-based sprawl and brawl game-plan: capitalizing on his length with straight punches to keep Jacare at bay, avoiding the cage corners at all costs, and being careful not to load up too much power on his punches so he has the balance to either scurry out of range or confront Jacare with sturdy clinch defense.
If Camozzi finds himself off his feet with Jacare attached, it'll be a matter of moments before the curtains fall. Jacare is that good of a grappler. While we generally envision stellar submissionists wheeling for exotic attacks from their guard, this breed is by far deadliest when they're on top, and you can bet the farm that Jacare will either latch a submission or dominate the remainder of the round if he can put Camozzi on his back.
Because of Camozzi's experience, 3" height advantage (6'3" vs. 6'0") and 4.5" reach advantage (75.5" vs. 71"), I'd consider him a live dog here. It might not be pretty but Camozzi is strong, wily and well suited to resist takedowns and force Jacare to win on the feet. That being said, Jacare's freakish strides with his striking, his superior quickness and frenetic pace should, at the very least, put him in control of the action by putting Camozzi in defense mode. The gap in their striking is much closer than the yawning chasm of Camozzi's grappling deficit, so, although I don't think it'll be easy, this should be Jacare's fight to win.
My Prediction: Ronaldo Jacare Souza by submission.