On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 19:28, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:48:05 +0100 > Marek Peteraj <marpet@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > If MacOSX can have them, so can we, we have a greater marketshare. > > Among pro-audio users? Can you show me the source for this claim? > Thanks in advance. I meant overall marketshare. There are a lot of audio enthusiasts that are customers. I don't know how many users use linux audio apps for pro audio productions (IIRC there were quite a few people on the ardour mailing list), but this alone isn't the only thing the hw manufacturers are interested in simply because there aren't as many pro audio studios out there as there are manufacturers and their product types. So the target group becomes broader yet undefined even though the products are aimed for professional usage. I believe that the number of pro audio hw customers that are also linux user lies somewhere between 500-1000. It's a rough guess and it would be interesting to know more precisely, because it could be that the linux audio market is already more interesting than the macosx market becasue of higher number of enthusiasts willing to pay for pro hardware. It hasn't been measured yet, and it's similar to overall marketshare where the number could be higher because it's difficult to measure the number of dualbooters. Perhaps i'm just being optimistic. Marek
