>>Guess you mean: DirectX on the Managed Platform (VS .NET)
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>Yupp, that's the one. Should be fun. Kind of like an added goodie for people who just think it's cool. Also, this is getting more and more applicable for business apps...

You betcha. Just think about it as a pure marketing gadget: No more pie charts... display corporate data to the manager ala Neuromancer. Cyberspace, here we go...