ttp://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_preview_2003.asp

> From a programmer's perspective, the DCE (code-named Avalon) APIs,
> or Longhorn Client Platform SDK, will resemble the desktop APIs
> in GDI and GDI+, and not those in DirectX. That was purposeful,
> so that developers could move over as quickly as possible, and it
> mirrors the decision Microsoft made in the early 1990's to make
> the Win32 API in Windows NT resemble the Windows 3.x APIs.
> Hammil said the APIs will debut this fall at the PDC and will include
> 2D vector graphics, 3D graphics, digital imaging, ClearType text,
> and video capabilities to developers.

Win APIを使う時代は本当に終わるということですね。