They have hired the head SDL developer and have greatly been moving the library forward, while keeping it open source, for instance. Valve in a lot of respects

They have hired the head SDL developer and have greatly been moving the library forward, while keeping it open source, for instance. Valve in a lot of respects is a strange company, they are relatively small and employee owned, and have a massive per employee profit margin, well into the "Fuck you money" bracket. I think their main driving incentive at this point is to make better games for its own sake. Based on the platform the chosen I think that means contributing back in a big way. we are going to see a lot of really exciting stuff out of them