Would PG's Artix startup succeed in today's world?
Was it bad timing for Artix in 1995?
- Artists primarily enjoy creating art, but they'd also really like other people to buy what they've created.
- Lots of people like looking at art and some of those people want to take some of it home with them.
- Some people decide to connect the other two groups together so they create a venue where artists can show their work -- and people can look at, and possibly purchase it.
So would Artix succeed in today's world? Maybe. Certainly, deviantart.com has done rather nicely for itself.
It's not precisely the same thing but I think it serves the same purpose.
Was it bad timing for Artix in 1995? Maybe. But I'll bet that the tiny twist in the plot line between artix and deviantart would have made the difference even in 1995.
No way to know, but it's an interesting question anyway.