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<blockquote data-quote="Smirnuff" data-source="post: 82821" data-attributes="member: 10545">As is often the case the most likely answer to such a question would be that the best tools available at the time were selected.&nbsp; Back when MP started there was Managed DirectX, there was WMP.&nbsp; There were no C# friendly OpenGL frameworks, no MPC bindings, Mono was trailing the .NET framework in terms of tested functionality also IIRC and so on.Similarly why just because MP is open do people feel that every last bit of it should also be open also?&nbsp; Windows isn't so should no OS applications ever be written for this platform?I'd also speculate that the project's originator, given his previous experience with DirectX on the XBOX platform, didn't really feel the need to go learning a new technology etc.&nbsp; But only Frodo really knows the answers to all the above <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Smirnuff, post: 82821, member: 10545"] As is often the case the most likely answer to such a question would be that the best tools available at the time were selected. Back when MP started there was Managed DirectX, there was WMP. There were no C# friendly OpenGL frameworks, no MPC bindings, Mono was trailing the .NET framework in terms of tested functionality also IIRC and so on. Similarly why just because MP is open do people feel that every last bit of it should also be open also? Windows isn't so should no OS applications ever be written for this platform? I'd also speculate that the project's originator, given his previous experience with DirectX on the XBOX platform, didn't really feel the need to go learning a new technology etc. But only Frodo really knows the answers to all the above :). [/QUOTE]

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