"Micro$oft" how do you use that $ when you don't seem to be a "Microsoft basher" or at least, someone who believes microsoft to have a deliberate monopoly without intent to stop monopolising?LazyManc wrote:eclipse, the whole purpose of any company is to achieve a bigger market share in their respective markets and hence increase profits. Micro$oft just happen to be incredibly good at it. You can't blame them for wanting to get rich, and if it wasn't for Windows then PC's really wouldn't be very handy for gaming at all. I'm not defending everything they do, but the image they have as some tyranical empire led by the dark sithlord gates just isn't true.
DirectX is an extremely useful tool for game developers which helps shorten production times. It doesnt require a licence and it's a much more sophisticated implementation than openGL.
I'm not saying windows is crap or anything, or that Bill Gates could be compared to Darth Vader, and I don't think DirectX is crap, I personally prefer games to be running on D3D than OpenGL, not that many give you a choice between the two, but the ones that have given me a choice, I choose D3D.
just want to make those things clear.