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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by danssig on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @09:20AM (#3888976)
What you're talking about is the Linux desktop world and you could be right about that; maybe it will finally become more standardized but I don't see mainstream desktop markets really noticing. Linux desktop is, what, maybe 1.5% or so? This won't be the magic ingredient that suddenly makes them take over the desktop.
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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by jiggy2011 on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @04:38PM (#3890952)
No, but a jump from 1.5% to say 4% could be more significant than you think, especially if these are the right kinds of users.

Remember that a significant number of Windows users are either corporate users and corporate use numbers could take a significant fall if 3 or 4 big corporations decided to switch away from it. Many of the other windows users are people who bought they cheapest PC/Laptop they could get and spend as little as possible on software for it.

If Desktop Linux had 4% but that included a significant portion of developers , games enthusiasts and other people who spend serious money on software etc..

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