SteamOS beta available for download

I love all the flak that the SteamOS is drawing over this whole thing. Before we all go bashing the SteamOS, let's just take a step back and remember who the driving force behind all this is... Valve. Let's not forget that Steam went from a terrible, unsupported, unpopular digital distribution platform to the juggernaut it is today. It took years and years and I'm sure many of us disregarded them (Including myself), but now most everyone turns to Steam and Valve for PC gaming.

Is it so far-fetched to give Valve the benefit of the doubt here and see what they can do with this thing before judging them and pushing them to the side like I'm sure many of us did in the early days of Steam? Or are we all just too cynical to believe that something good for us consumers can come of this? If nothing else, be happy that there is someone trying to throw their name in the ring to mix things up.
 
It took years and years and I'm sure many of us disregarded them (Including myself), but now most everyone turns to Steam and Valve for PC gaming.
I started to make that very same comment. I wasn't around when Steam started. In fact I took 10 years away from gaming. It wasn't until three years ago, I started gaming again. It was even months later, that I learned of Steam. I have heard others make the same statement that you have just done. I can only imagine what the Steam OS will become. And as you say, if Steam itself is any indication, Steam OS will be a juggernaut.
 
Microsoft charges OEMs to use their OS, which in turn affects the end user. Also, having a Steam Box operate on Windows, they might as well be giving a portion of their profits to their competitor.
Valve chose to make their own OS, so that it could move off of its competitors OS and also hope to make a more tailored OS for entertainment. More profit for Valve equals more resources for them to move along faster.
 
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