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Podcast Beyond the Roadmap – Episode 1: How Microsoft Handed Valve and Linux Its Biggest Win

Posted on May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 by admin

Not a reader? This one’s for you: The first episode of ‘Ship & Lead: Beyond the Roadmap (BTR)’ is live.

The story of how Microsoft accidentally handed Linux its biggest win is one of the most instructive platform strategy cases in recent tech history. In Episode 1 of Beyond the Roadmap we break it down in under twenty minutes – Valve’s Proton strategy, Gabe Newell’s insider perspective, and what Clayton Christensen predicted about exactly this kind of market dynamic thirty years ago.

Seven lessons for product leaders. No slides. No fluff.

Prefer to go deeper? The full written analysis is here: How Microsoft Handed Valve and Linux Its Biggest Win.

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