The problem is not Steam (and their DRM) per se, but the lack of Quality Free Software Games, that I could play for weeks, without getting bored.
There is no equivalent of Warcraft III or Skyrim in the Open-Source world. The commercial-proprietary world is the only one that makes quality games. The only way to play quality games, until now, was using a proprietary platform (Windows/Mac/Playstation/Xbox). But now, yes, a walled garden gets ported over to Linux. I think this is good for freedom, as it will allow many more users to try out Linux, and improve the adoption of free ecosystem across the world. (Less IE-only sites, less Flash-sites, more WebM videos, and more cross-platform software, etc...) Is Skype for Linux good or bad ? IMO it is very good ! It would be impossible for me to call abroad without it. My phone contract disallows me non-local calls, so I would be forced to use Windows instead. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
