I assume STEEM is a more "application specific" blockchain, and EOS will be more Ethereum based and generic, to run many kinds of apps.
To me, it's very interesting that Dan wants to work with Ethereum at all. Here is someone that has "rolled their own" blockchain and is now working with Ethereum, so I'm thinking he learned something from Brenden and BAT?
RE: Introduction to EOS: the Epic (blockchain) Operating System