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Hacked DX10 for Windows Appears

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-maybe-it-did-anyway dept.

Oddscurity writes "According to The Inquirer someone managed to write a wrapper allowing DirectX 10 applications to run on platforms other than Vista. The Alky Project claims to have reverse-engineered Geometry Shader code, allowing Windows games to run on Windows XP, MacOSX and Linux. The Inquirer is understandably cautious about these claims, urging readers to investigate the releases themselves to ascertain whether or not it's a hoax."

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  1. DMCA?? by Pompatus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even if he really managed to do this (which I doubt, look how long wine has been around and it still doesn't run everything), won't he get sued immediately for something like this?

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  2. Re:just buy Vista... by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The article claims to have a software implementation of DirectX 10 Geometry Shaders, so no, you wouldn't.

  3. Are we sad yet by willie_nelsons_pigta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We are hacking Windows apps to run them on Windows OS's.

    Let the sadness ensue.

  4. Re:just buy Vista... by Blahbooboo3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't ignore this comment as it seems Slashdot keeps perpetuating this myth...

    Why do people keep perpetuating this misnomer?? If you don't use Aero and instead switch to Windows Classic Appearance, Vista works great on a wide variety of machines.

    Now, if you had said it as below you would have had a point:
    "No thanks. I'd like to be able to use my computer without needing five top-of-the-line graphics cards just to run the OS in 'fancy graphics' mode.

  5. Re:just buy Vista... by Beau6183 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So rather than a top-of-the-line GPU, you'd have to compensate with a top-of-the-line CPU to handle the load brought on by software rendering.

  6. Might be just me . . . by OverlordQ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    . . but this screams "Getting gullible people to give me $50 for mostly snake oil"

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  7. Re:didn't work for me by Nephilium · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And totally illegal as well. All Microsoft EULAs for their free stuff (or stuff which is not sold, like DirectX) forbid installation on non-Windows platforms. I don't see how this is different from pirating Windows in the first place. Here it is, from the EULA for DirectX: NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALIDLY LICENSED COPY OF ANY VERSION OR EDITION OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS NT 4.0 WINDOWS 2000 OPERATING SYSTEM OR ANY MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS A SUCCESSOR TO ANY OF THOSE OPERATING SYSTEMS (each an "OS Product"), YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY OR OTHERWISE USE THE OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA.

    Nope, all that EULA says, is in order to install DirectX, I have to own a license to a Windows OS. It says nothing about not being able to install this on another OS. And I'm pretty sure that everyone here has at least a Windows 95 license somewhere...

    Nephilium