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The People Behind DirectX 10

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the behind-the-curtain dept.

ThinSkin writes "In the first of a three-part series covering the people behind the new DirectX 10, ExtremeTech interviews Microsoft's David Blythe and Chris Donahue to discuss the development, decisions, and future of the new API. They answer several questions such as how different it will be than DX9, why it will only be for Vista (and not for XP), and when we might be able to see it."

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  1. What will their NEXT version be? by mi · · Score: 5, Funny

    It better not be called "X11"...

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    1. Re:What will their NEXT version be? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

      I heard they were thinking of calling it "ClosedGL".

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  2. Duh by csplinter · · Score: 5, Funny

    "questions such as how different it will be than DX9, why it will only be for Vista (and not for XP)"

    Oh... I don't know... It couldn't be so people will buy vista.

    1. Re:Duh by gowen · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, you see, thats the trouble with Windows.

      There's so many different distributions available that fragmentation between them is inevitable. ;)

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  3. Re:Why should DirectX 10 support Windows XP? by Krimszon · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...old versions of Windows...


    XP is the latest version of Windows
  4. Welcome to Slashdot by Frightening · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently you are new here.

    The slashdot paradigm with respect to MS is that we(the FOSS geek community) are right, they are wrong. In the most extreme of cases (such as when MS does something correct) we are right, they are *trying*, but they are still ultimately evil.

    Please don't get any hopes up just because you have been modded insightful. This is only a gesture, after which you are pretty much screwed. Kiss your karma goodbye.

    Regards,
    -F

    1. Re:Welcome to Slashdot by xtracto · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hi Mr. 976489

      I am not new here.

      Sincerely

      Mr. 837672

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  5. This is slashdot... by LordEd · · Score: 4, Funny

    You don't need to back it up. All you need is Microsoft and DRM in the same sentence to get +1 insightful.