Greetings: Just so this simple equation isn't overlooked: pro-audio != "high-end $$$ studio owners and operators recording pop music" If we take that into consideration, Marek's assertion may well be correct, there are a lot of people working with pro-quality gear outside of professional recording studios. I've noticed that pros in the studios tend to think of themselves as the *only* professionals in the field. That being said, if we accept the narrower and more commonly understood meaning of the term "pro-audio" I doubt we'd come up with 50 such users. Frankly, I doubt that there's 20... Also, I like the suggestion that we should start a dialog with the AudioScience people. Best, dp Marek Peteraj wrote: >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 > > > >