Looking at XNA

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FlameDuck
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Is there a link for that official word? I know Microsoft traditionally need about 3 versions to hit the sweet spot, but this 5 version thing is a new one.
History.

First Microsoft webbrowser that didn't suck: IE 5.0
First Microsoft OS that didn't suck: Windows 2000 (aka. Windows NT 5.0)
First DirectX version that didn't suck: DirectX 5
And so on...

DirectX is future proof unless I'm missing some aspect of it. Blitz3D still runs on DirectX 9 systems, correct?
DirectX is traditionally only bacwards compatible by two versions (ie. DirectX 5 games won't [and don't] work on DirectX 9). So it stands to reason that in time, neither will DirectX7.