User blog comment:Kirbyna321/Things I Don't Like About Vocaloid/@comment-24464194-20140623163242/@comment-5051846-20140623164837

About 1: I know at least Angel found out about Vocaloid before Miku was released. When we had a 'How did you find out about Vocaloid?' lots of people didn't say Miku. o:

And 2. Vocaloid wouldn't exist without Miku? Are you forgetting that it existed before Miku? Haha orz That's something you cannot prove. I'm personally quite certain Vocaloids would continued to be made without Miku, why Crypton had already planned Luka before Miku came out, and other company's had ideas too. Perhaps there wouldn't be so many moe teenage Japanese girls though. ;D Heck, I think due to the fact that Miku's popularity had a lot to do with when she was released (just when video sharing was being populised) I think many other Vocaloids could have replaced Miku and still made it as popular as it is today. I think they just had to appeal to a prominent online community, and have the luck of being picked up by producers and having some catchy songs made for them.