The key is quiting the DX11 crap and switching to open GL like everything else (Mac, Linux, PS systems, Nintendo systems, Iphone ect). Direct X is more of an inefficient resource hog then Vista ever was. It IS easier to program for, but thats because it takes shortcuts and doesn't let you interact with the processors directly. It's like making a website using a basic layout program or even Dreamweaver instead of custom coding your java script. Yes it's easier to just make a layout using a front end program but you will have NOWHERE near the capabilities and efficiency as you will coding custom Javascript more directly tailored to the task at hand.
Direct X and Active X are both inferior answers to questions that were already answered with open source (Open GL and Javascript). Microsoft is finally buckling with IE8 and adopting open standards like Javascript, I can only hope that Windows 7 follows suit and interacts better with open GL (they make it more difficult for open GL to work with windows, just like they make it more difficult for anything outside their propriatary software to work with IE6).
Easy does not equal good unless you prefer sloppy code and program crashes.
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