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How Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhouse

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sanitation@lemmy.today⁩ to ⁨linux@sh.itjust.works⁩

https://www.xda-developers.com/valve-desperation-escape-windows-8/

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  • raman_klogius@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Gaben’s been running away from Microsoft since 1996.

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  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This reads like they told the clanker to make it tonally identical to a 7th grade book report

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  • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The writing was on the wall at that point, Microsoft was 100% gunning for Valve and they were going to use Windows to fuck them. Linux was the only long term way to avoid being shanked. By now, Valve would probably have been outflanked by the MS app store.

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