Both are here for the long term.
agreed, but as the dedicated mining/tech base migrates en mass to LTC, you will see a proliferation of applications, support etc....and info given out.....proselyting, conversation...chatter etc...
Already I've noticed more and more people querying about Litecoin mining. The litecoin subreddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin is growing super fast too.
one way to think about it is this.
one of the strengths of any coin is the tech/mining base. The larger this is the more powerful it is. Say there are 1000 miners for BTC, they are in a way employees of BTC that is you would have to hire them, thier gear and the know how for support. So thats about a 1000 person company, how much does that cost is that worth.
LTC because of its hardware may attract a 1000,000 people, imagine the greater effect of this, if the n^2 effect is true then this is a million times more powerfull than BTC.
How much would it cost to employ 1000,000 and all thier gear and know how?
plus rent the space out....