I already have Steam. I don't want another Steam. Hell, I wouldn't mind buying non-game apps in Steam.
Yes, I suppose what I really want is for all of my software to be on Steam, but I find that unlikely, and I don't mind having one service for games, and one for everything else, as long as that's where is stops. I really don't want each software publisher to have their own client.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Communism is a Red Herring Without purchasing a single commercial software title, use the app store to install ten free/open source software titles.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: You're really the devil, arent you? Successfully delivered a full-blown web application created entirely with Access and InfoPath.
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And, what the hell do you think Steam is?
"User Gargoyle has spent 32 hours in Microsoft Word this week."
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: POTTYMOUTH
Type string of profanities at 70+ WPM after closing Help.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Say Hello To My Little Friend
Survived one continuous hour of Clippy animations.
Give up on trying to use MS equation editor, switch to Latex.
Yes, I suppose what I really want is for all of my software to be on Steam, but I find that unlikely, and I don't mind having one service for games, and one for everything else, as long as that's where is stops. I really don't want each software publisher to have their own client.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Maybe you should drive
Reach Microsoft Excel's limit for nested if/then statements.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: I heard you liked apps. So we put apps in your apps.
Have at least three app stores on your PC
Witness the birth of yet another Microsoft Office application.
Succesfully bring up your excel spreadsheet before your boss sees you browsing reddit.
Click the shortcut for Microsoft Access.
Construct a formula in Excel such that the length exceeds the width of your screen.
Wonder how PowerPoint can totally cripple your 4GHz quad core.
Apply every theme to a Word and PowerPoint project within 1 hour.
Design an invitation in Word and use mail merge to print your addresses.
Take more time figuring out the ribbon interface than you took beating Portal
Did someones combo just get broken?
Hacked out ribbon interface for old-style menu bar
Successfully return to using Office after swearing to never use it again.
Yes, you made an entire Powerpoint presentation in Comic Sans. Congrats.
Without purchasing a single commercial software title, use the app store to install ten free/open source software titles.
You overclocked your processor to 88ghz and Microsoft Encarta appeared.
Decide that Office 2010 may not be all that bad.
Successfully delivered a full-blown web application created entirely with Access and InfoPath.
Created a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel where >50% of fields had to be expressed in scientific notation.