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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:54:36 -0500, -hh wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   This is one group that punches above its weight ... like Mac and Adobe   
   users used to do.   
      
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