On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:29:44 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 26/04/2015 20:54, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Try being responsible for thousands of desktops in a corporate
>> environment.
> 
> I knew that you would say that. :-)

Of course you did. :)

> Is Stream used by corporates?

Of course not, unless playing games (the primary purpose for Steam's 
existence) is part of the job description.

But that misses my point - keeping software up to date - especially when 
it comes to MMO-style games - is really important.  I've been playing 
Destiny lately on my PS3, and it has an auto-update function built in 
that just works (never had a problem with it).  But if the game isn't 
updated and I connect to servers that have been, then that can create 
problems - the entire "system" has to be updated, which includes all the 
clients.

That's part of Steam's purpose, when it comes to games.

Don't want to use Steam to get Blender?  Cool, don't.  But for those who 
use Steam (esp. on Linux, like me) to run Blender and other stuff, 
finding the latest official package and updating it is a royal PITA (it's 
not part of the standard repos, and not maintained officially as part of 
the non-standard repos,so updates come when they come).  Steam keeps it 
up to date for me.

Which is nice.  Since it's related to POV-Ray in a tangential fashion, I 
thought others here may not have seen the announcement, so I passed it 
along as a matter of interest for those who might be interested.

For those who aren't - move along, nothing to see here. :)

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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