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   On 1/15/26 16:18, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:40:12 -0500, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >> Agreed, although that wasn't really the point of mentioning Adobe   
   >> here: it was to note that if the argument is that Adobe is   
   >> "minuscule" then because of comparable magnitude, then Linux is too.   
   >   
   > Turns out the Linux installed base is a lot larger than Adobe.   
      
   If one includes non-PC applications, such as Servers & Render Farms, sure.   
      
   But the context here was of PC users.   
      
   And the report on Adobe's customer base was on just their subscribers,   
   not their total user base...which was explicitly pointed out to you.   
      
      
      
   > There   
   > are entire content-creation markets where Adobe is an irrelevance. For   
   > example, the VFX industry is dominated by Linux these days. You think   
   > they make much use of Adobe products? Apparently not.   
      
   And the entire VFX industry is how big?  Has it hit 100,000 workers yet?   
      
      
      
      
   Its a tiny niche even compared to Adobe's 40M paid subscribers, right?   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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