Hi Michael, Correct Metal It's not OS independent, Apple FINNALLY taking control of the their low-level 3D API on their platform putting Nvidia and others where Apple wants them… as just another potential chip vendor. Something that Microsoft has been doing successfully for year with Direct3d…

By now we all know that "open standards" is an UTOPIA (at list in this case). For example Nvidia’s OpenGL is complete and functional, everybody else’s is crippled and inconsistent in random ways, that’s hardly a standard.

Also note that The khronos Group is ditching OpenGL in favour of VULKAN which I guess will have the same destiny as openGL IMO.

Anyway for year end users & developer been putting pressure on Apple for better drivers support etc.
Their answer is Metal and it look very attractive.

Now the ball is now in the developer court :)

Some examples from early adapters.

The Foundry demoing Metal in MODO at approx. 11:00
https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2015/?id=603

Adobe, demoing Metal in Illustrator and AfterEffects at approx. 1:32
https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2015/?id=102

Michael just to be clear I not asking you to go the extra mile and support Metal ( which I think would be great :) I am just thinking out loud.