Why you should use OpenGL and not DirectX

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Words Of Wisdom said:

Xoj said:
well any fourth year student in systems and software engineer it's given a small introduction to openGL that's why it surprise me DirectX was more popular.
but this confirms many things our professor said about opengl, and it's sad because opengl its suppport in more platforms.

but again ti's microsoft, from IE6 fiasco, this kind of FUD what microsoft do best

Uh what IE6 fiasco?  Go ahead and explain that one.

@article : The author continually asks how to target XP users when it's really just a matter of using DX9.  Some people will complain that using an older version of DX is bad because you're losing features, but you have to consider the hardware that WinXP users are working with and realize that lot of those powerful features aren't going to be viable anyway.  Combine that with the fabulous game compatibility of Win7, there's very little reason for anyone with recent hardware to be using XP.

I don't think the point of the article was about versions of DirectX. The point was, MS was being typical MS, abusing its OS monopoly. In this case, OpenGL, a competitor with an arguably better product was the victim. When hardware vendors and developers give mroe support to a lesser product because "that's just what everyone else uses," we as gamers lose.

But of course, this is business. MS just happens to be one of the most aggressive ones out there in terms of stamping out competition; I think more than any other company MS values marketshare.