Re: [News] Vista Sheds Another Feature, Fails into Own 64-Bit Suppression Trap

["Oliver Wong" <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:sREHg.3897$s4.16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Once upon a midnight dreary, while Roy Schestowitz pondered weak and weary
> over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore...:
>
> > __/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Friday 25 August 2006 16:06 \__
> >
> > > "Mark Kent" <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:mth2s3-nm4.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > There will be no
> > > > advantage to having a PC at all, indeed, you might as well just buy a
> > > > PS3 if you want to play high-definition movies.  At least you'll be 
> > > > able
> > > > to play games as well.
> > >
> > >     My interpretation of this is that Mark is implying that the PC won't
> > >     be
> > > able to play games, which is of course completely ridiculous.
> >
> >
> > Microsoft doesn't yet play games on Vista
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | The firm has its Vista logo all over its boothm, but all the machines
> > | that we investigated were running Windows XP.
> > |
> > | Obviously, it is still not the right time to switch to Vista as things
> > | might be not stable for current games. We hope that they can meet the
> > | early 2007 schedules.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33924

   Emphasis on the "yet". Windows Vista isn't out yet, so it's no surprise 
that there aren't any games for it. Similarly, the Playstation 3 isn't out 
yet, so there aren't any games for it. Does that mean that the PS3 is unable 
to play games? Surely not. Companies have announced their plans to develop 
games for the PS3. Companies have announced their plans to develop games for 
Vista as well.

   Does anyone here seriously believe that Windows Vista will never be able 
to play games? I had assumed this ridiculousness of this belief was 
self-evident, but if it really is a concern, I can try to give a serious 
explanation of why this belief is pretty much guaranteed to be false.

> > > One of the
> > > big marketting efforts from Microsoft is that Vista and the XBox360 will
> > > both provide the same DirectX 10 API libraries thus making it easier to
> > > develop "cross-platform" games.
> >
> >
> > No. DirectX is proprietary technology. It is Microsoft's tool for killing
> > OpenGL, which encourages openness and thereby interoperability.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Roy
>
> By "cross platform" they mean "xbox 360 or Vista"

   Yes, exactly. That's why I put the scare-quotes around cross-platform.

   - Oliver