• TPWitchcraft@lemmy.ml
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    Valve is a wonderful contributor to Linux. Look what a beautiful wooden horse they have gifted to us!

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    I saw the news that Microsoft is eying to buy them. That’d be a tragedy and we’d say goodbye to such contributions.

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      I think Microsoft’s valuation is woefully underestimated

      Also GabeN would have to agree to sell it, it’s not really up to anyone else (and I don’t think he’s really interested)

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        I’m worried that Gaben isn’t immortal and he’ll eventually die/retire/sell etc, and the people in his footsteps won’t share his vision. Throughout history this has been an often repeated story.

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          Is Gabe really that irreplaceable? The way he runs the company (flat-hierarchy), it’s mostly self-governing – the truly defining characteristic of his leadership is his willingness to be as hands-off as possible. A like-minded successor or even governing council could probably quite effectively handle things in Gabe’s absence.

          Well… regardless of that: nothing lasts forever, but that’s no reason to assume that things will change for the worse. Gabe seems to put a lot of deliberate thought into his actions, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he has already taken care of preparing for a smooth and faithful transition away from his leadership when the time comes. Who knows, maybe they’ll even do a better job than Gabe could?