Re: Is MDX deprecated?

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<ac8118c8-50c2-4a3b-8ea8-54361dbc6cef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> thusly:

Should MDX still be used for new .NET development (on Vista and XP)?

No.

Is Microsoft still supporting this technology?

No.

What are the alternatives, particularly for sound, in the .NET
framework?

You have several:

1) write your own wrapper around the native functionality you need using
Managed C++/CLI.

2) Use XNA Game Studio Express

3) Use SlimDX

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