You''re not wrong. but that isnt quite what I asked. I know that DDraw will still be available in new versions of DX, but that isnt the same as it being supported. Retained Mode is still available, but with each new release of DX it gets more unusable. MS dont put any resources into testing or maintaining it. Is the same thing true now for the old DDraw interfaces?
This is probably a better question for the DX mailing list.