Also worth reading:
http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/01/Why-you-should-use-OpenGL-an...
From reading the comments, it seems like the blog's audience is people who spell the name of that big company in Redmond as "Micro$oft". They are definitely an appreciative audience for Wolfire's silliness, but it in no way has any sort of step on the post linked at the top of this HN thread.