I don't buy into the Steam hate. In 2004, I actually cancel my pre-order for Half-Life 2 because I did not want to be locked into Steam. My opinion has changed a lot since then because Valve have actually created something useful and good, unlike many publishers that forces users to be always connected to the Internet, or limit your number of installations. Regardless of the merit or shortcoming with Steam itself, this is a good news because this sort of application, and Valve porting their own game to Linux can only help to increase the number of Linux users around the world. This could take users away from Windows and bring them to Linux. Just the same, I would rather see more applications running under Linux, even if they are not open source, then not seeing those applications at all.
-- Ravnox PS: The format of this email may be a little messed up, sorry if it's the case. I had to use a different webmail interface that doesn't seem to wrap text. On Fri 20/07/12 9:23 AM , David Filion <[email protected]> wrote: > It's only good if you like being locked into Steam (and the issues > that > go with it). Hopefully companies that release through steam will > also > make the software available as standalone apps. > David > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > ---- Msg sent via @Mail - http://atmail.com/ _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
