Re:open source directx.. (Score 1)

_Groan_. Okay, look. Linux is a operating system, a bunch of close-to-the-hardware code, kernel and device drivers and stuff, oh my! You can't just "port it alpha or ppc". So, of course, open sourcing it wouldn't help that any. --------- okay, enough of that. and who says linux has to play catch up? one of the major points of open souce is so you dont have to rely on one source for new features, code improvements, etc. if directx were open, linux programmers could well enough add features, fix bugs, optimize texture and sound algorithms and all that stuff on their own. i'd be willing to bet that once the linux directx initially catches up to MS's, it would then eclipse it in features and performance in no time. if its open source, and on other platforms, and popular(it definatly is on windows) then it effectively becomes a standard.