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   On 1/23/26 01:01, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:54:36 -0500, -hh wrote:   
      
   Wow, I was wondering if you were going to be brave enough to try to answer.   
      
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > No, at one stage you were trying to include users of freeware Adobe   
   > products as well, weren’t you? Trying to backpedal on that now?   
      
   Not at all:  I noted that the limitation on the Adobe customer base was   
   that it was only of paid subscribers, not all Adobe customers, yet used   
   that value to illustrate that if we are to accept your claim that   
   Adobe's 40M is an insignificant customer base, then so too is your Linux   
   PC customer base.   
      
      
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Its a tiny niche even compared to Adobe's 40M paid subscribers,   
   >> right?   
   >   
   > Oscar season is coming up.  Think about the importance of VFX the next   
   > time you go watch a Hollywood movie.   
      
   So what?  Just because something is "important" doesn't mean that it has   
   a large marketshare of desktop PCs.   
      
   > This is one group that punches above its weight ... like Mac and Adobe   
   > users used to do.   
      
   Revenue per capita shows profitability potential, not industry size.   
   Adobe's 2025 revenue was $23.8B, whereas VFX globally was $10.8B...   
      
   ...but the winner? OnlyFans: $7.2B at a rate of over $30M per employee.   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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