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FrontlineJaguar on 26 February 2015
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Distant Star said:
FrontlineJaguar said:

One of the biggest reasons for success of windows is open software distribution and if ms decides to limit software distribution to windows store they are going to kill nearly so many applications millions I mean and I am sure it is not going to happen until and unless the CEO at MS goes crazy and becomes mad and decides to kill ms in every possible way.

 

Success of Windows was selling to as many OEMs as they could (not open software distribution Linux does the same and never went consumer mainstream)
Selling windows means more expensive hardware (Google is undercutting them) = eventually losing marketshare
Giving Windows away for free is a lost revenuestream
An App Store is a partial solution for lost revenue. = unhappy developers Valve moves to Linux
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Unreal, Unity, CryEngine, maybe Frostbyte supporting linux = indicates that windows isn't winning marketshare.

Valve isn't alone on this: 
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/303393-next-generation-opengl-to-be-shown-at-gdc/






 

 


I said one of the big reasons not the only reason and windows has the marketshare and is going to grow with Windows 10. Supporting any platform does not means the other is loosing share many engines support Wp as well which is only 3-4% worldwide share.