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I really don't feel this is a good fit. Steam is not particularly great software, it's just one of the best ways to get games onto your machine. It has a lot of
by ZoFreX 14y ago
I really don't feel this is a good fit. Steam is not particularly great software, it's just one of the best ways to get games onto your machine. It has a lot of competition in the general software market, and plus it doesn't really feel like we need another one.
What really kills it for me, though, is that Steam's model just does not fit software. Want to edit a document on your PC, but left Steam open on your laptop? Well, you've got to walk over to your PC and log out first. That's a (barely) acceptable trade-off for games, but for productivity software it's a ludicrous proposition.
- VladimirGolovin 14y agoI use Steam from about 5 computers in different physical locations, and it never asks me to log out the way you described. I just log in on the machine I'm currently using, that's all.
- ZoFreX 14y agoOh, ok - this has changed since I last tried it. I still don't think it's brilliant that you can't have your software open on more than one machine (several years ago you could at least have Steam open on multiple computers if they had the same external IP).