I think I have found a way for the Russian Blitzers to make amends - they can work on a DX9 add-on for Blitz3D.
We will pay them to do so:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=67318
We will pay them to do so:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=67318