If there was ever a competitor that deserved to be crushed, it's Microsoft.
I'm all for this. If Microsoft wants to turn their OS into a consumer toy or a corporate tool, go ahead. I'd love to have an open-source OS that happened to be a first-class gaming platform as well, where if there's problems with performance, companies like Valve has a recourse: patch the OS.
Not "need", but if Valve wanted to submit patches, they could. Secondly, they could make their own distro for their own hardware which they are allegedly doing. Then they can do whatever they want with the kernel.
I'm all for this. If Microsoft wants to turn their OS into a consumer toy or a corporate tool, go ahead. I'd love to have an open-source OS that happened to be a first-class gaming platform as well, where if there's problems with performance, companies like Valve has a recourse: patch the OS.