Impending Windows 8 'catastrophe' behind $3bn game maker's shift to Linux

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Windows 8 will drive out 'some of the top-tier PC/OEMs… margins will be destroyed' - Valve CEO

Computer game platform maker Valve is to port its Steam gaming and distribution platform to Ubuntu Linux in a move intended to protect the company from the impending "catastrophe" of Windows 8. ...

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