I'm quite happy that Valve is pushing GNU/Linux as a gaming platform. I like that they are working hard on improving Wine, too. I hope it will eventually allow

I'm quite happy that Valve is pushing GNU/Linux as a gaming platform. I like that they are working hard on improving Wine, too. I hope it will eventually allow many people migrating to Linux, who are reluctantly staying on Windows just for games, and open a door for gamers currently happy with Windows but open to try Linux. But this: > Devoted PC game developers felt especially anxious. Newell called it “a giant sadness.” Blizzard executive VP Rob Pardo tweeted that Windows 8 is “not awesome for Blizzard either” in the wake of Newell’s 'catastrophe' comment. … as a distant observer, this feels incredibly awkward coming from representatives of companies who are seemingly among the worst offenders, maintaining closed networks / platforms and forcing among the worst DRMs on people. It's the pot calling the kettle black.