[21:34:25] <birch> i'm interested to hear about the stuff besides just source/steam client

[21:35:23] <michaellarabel> birch: I think I'll resist commenting on that for now

[21:35:48] <wh1t3fang> how was your tour of valve?

[21:35:57] <birch> no problem, still interesting to hears other things are on the horizon, seems like rumors might actually be true

[21:36:06] <michaellarabel> tour? The tour took 5 minutes.... the Linux stuff took 6 hours.

[21:36:27] <michaellarabel> the 'rumors' for Linux on Valve are so tame compared to their grand plans

[21:37:03] <wh1t3fang> that is wonderful that they are really taking linux seriously

[21:37:23] <michaellarabel> it was amazing....

[21:37:44] <michaellarabel> Gabe was bashing Windows harder than I even do normally..... hell I'm trying out Windows 8 soon as I get back to my office as I want to see if it's as bad as he says

[21:38:38] <wh1t3fang> wow

[21:38:50] <wh1t3fang> that is pretty amazing

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[21:40:20] <wh1t3fang> will more information be coming later this week?

[21:42:33] <dashcloud> so did you read the employee handbook beforehand?

[21:46:05] <michaellarabel> I'm writing an article right now

[21:46:15] <wh1t3fang> oh ok

[21:54:08] <michaellarabel> it was really terrific, argh. having problems writing.

[21:54:36] <dashcloud> have some more beer!

[22:00:53] <michaellarabel> haha

[22:01:05] <michaellarabel> I had a lot of fun running the Linux client binaries, felt so refreshing.

[22:01:24] <michaellarabel> They let me run free on a developers' workstation as I was doing some driver testing and setting up some debugging stuff, etc.

[22:02:52] <dashcloud> so did you get to wheel a desk around?

[22:03:38] <michaellarabel> no, it was already setup

[22:06:04] <mikeplus64> sounds great

[22:10:15] <michaellarabel> I might actually have to wait until tomorrow morning to finish writing..... this was just so surprising with listening to Gabe about Linux.

[22:10:55] <birch> he's a former Microsoft employee though right?

[22:11:01] <michaellarabel> yes

[22:11:06] <birch> even funnier to hear then.

[22:11:45] <michaellarabel> A quote from my upcoming article already, " Listening to Gabe Newell talk about Linux for hours made me wonder whether he was a former ex-Microsoft employee (where he actually did work in his pre-Valve days...) or the director of the Linux Foundation. "

[22:11:54] <mikeplus64> take your time with the article, a well thought out article is always better than a rushed one