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On 9/6/2024 7:33 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 20:20:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 01:30 this Wednesday
>> (GMT):
>>>
>>> Gaming is the only area left where the dominance of Microsoft Windows
>>> is not (yet) in dispute.
>>
>> Technically, it also dominates in Adobe and similar products.
> 
> Adobe is an irrelevance to 99% of Windows users.
> 
> Or, to put it another way, if the entire Adobe user base switched to
> Linux, it would make very little difference to the Linux installed base.


Still out of your mind I see.


"According to recent estimates, Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription 
service had accumulated around 23 million active users as of mid-2022."

https://www.skillademia.com/statistics/adobe-statistics/

https://photutorial.com/adobe-statistics/


23M new Linux users would be a significant increase to the Linux 
installed base of 17 (I didn't forget the M).  It might even result in 2 
more cola advocates.