I'm afraid I don't know exactly what comment to leave this under but it feels very relevant to this discussion. This user's answer to the question goes through

I'm afraid I don't know exactly what comment to leave this under but it feels very relevant to this discussion. This user's answer to the question goes through quite a bit of history of Direct3D and OpenGL. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/60544/why-do-game-developers-prefer-windows#88055 http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/60544/why-do-...