Big time :)

[Kevin Forge <forgeltd@usa.net>]

According to this reporter,
http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/990420/software/it2.html
Independence is a very popular distribution.  Here is the exact quote.

   THE free OS comes in a number of relatively compatible
   flavours known as "distributions". Debian (www.debian.org) and
   Independence (www.independence.seul.org) are two popular
   distributions. A distribution typically contains both the
   GNU/Linux source code and other "Open Source" applications,
   which run on top of it. (An Open Source program is effectively
   free, although the author may impose some licensing
   restrictions.) 

So much for the australian market.  Let's take on China next.

Lots of serius content too.  And eaven some philosophy discused
on indipendence-l@ recently.  All in all a very good read.