Well, there're no clicks in "Windows 8 is mildly interesting with a new user interface but you can get to the regular desktop in one click and launch apps dead easy-like", are there?
That article is a load of bollocks pulled out of his arse, if you'll excuse me mexing my mitaphors.
Gabe Newell should shut the fuck up about Windows 8 (which he can't control) and get on with Half Life 3 (which he can). He should definitely shut the fuck up about user interfaces.
"Newell also talked about touchscreens, calling them "short-term" and saying he thinks the future of interaction will be through computerized wristbands." Uh-huh. The computerised wristband with which I control my flying car, no doubt.
And Stardock? Well, Windows 8 takes a giant shit on their business model, so yeah, they're gonna trash-talk it.