title: Are GDI, GDI+ and OpenGL really obsolete/deprecated?
body: <p>If you open the page <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663279%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" rel="noreferrer">"Graphics and Gaming (Windows)" on microsoft.com</a></p>
  
  <p>the last category is described as </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Legacy Graphics: Technologies that are obsolete and should not be used in new
    applications.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This category includes (among others) the following APIs:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>GDI</li>
  <li>GDI+</li>
  <li>OpenGL</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>What's your opinion? If i want to roll out a new software today it must support Windows XP (still about 50% of all installed systems). Direct2D requires Windows 7/Vista. What else should be used?</p>