[birdsbirdsbirds]

Why not? It's the only moment in time when people are interested in the life achievement of a person. There will never be enough interest for a second discussion that balances his achievements with the negative consequences.

As a society, where else could you show that people shouldn't ignore negative consequences when they seek their success?

[criddell]

Compared to the life of a person, graphics standards seems like a trivial issue. It's like wanting to talk about how he didn't come to complete stop at stop signs while driving.

[eznzt]

I'm curious to know how directx has been so bad for humanity.

For one I recommend you read John Carmack interviews from the time directx was being developed. Straight from the horse's mouth. I can assure you, things before directx were not pretty.