Hi, Another Linux market observation that would indicate that the total impact of Linux is going to be less than what we as Linux supporters would want is the literature that has arisen about Linux. In particular the count of monthly magazines. Linux has a roughly 6M user market penetration yet there is only a single Linux specific magazine available. In the comparative markets of C64 and Amiga there were several (eg Amiga World, Info, Compute!) magazines. Even today there are at least 3 Amiga magazines on the market yet that machine hasn't been actively manufactured in over 2 years. Why is the Linux magazine market limited to The Linux Journal? And what does that mean for the long term strength of the market (and by extension the hurdles other OS's would face in the future)? ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|