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Developer claims Linux forced Microsoft to up its Windows game support

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ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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A few years ago, thanks to Valve and Steam, Linux looked like it was going to become a major game platform. That didn't happen. But, the threat may have forced Microsoft to improve its Windows game support.

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dotmatrix ·
Valve's Vulkan may still have a chance to melt away some of the differences of developing games on Windows vs. Other OSes. DirectX has been the bane of cross platform gaming for forever. Microsoft was only partially successful in capturing the web with its ActiveX framework. Thankfully the popularity of ActiveX has descended asymptomatically toward zero. Hopefully Vulkan can eliminate DirectX in the same way... through developer mindshare.

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