Steam's potential success on linux is part of his thought process. From the reddit thread: >I truly do feel that emulation of some sort is a proper technical d

Steam's potential success on linux is part of his thought process. From the reddit thread: >I truly do feel that emulation of some sort is a proper technical direction for gaming on Linux. It is obviously pragmatic in the range of possible support, but it shouldn’t have the technical stigma that it does. There really isn’t much of anything special that a native port does ... Ideally, following a set of best practice guidelines could allow developers to get Linux versions with little more effort than supporting, say, Windows XP. Properly evangelized, with Steam as a monetized distribution platform, this is a plausible path forward.