OGL vs. D3D - Which does which paradigms?

So...I know I'm opening of can of worms here, but it's fun...

OpenGL or Direct3D? What paradigms do each follow? D3D is there for us gamers, but can high-level modelers swear to use it for rendering effects in movies and such?

On a related note, does anyone have any recommendations for books on DirectX (in general, not just D3D) for someone whose had MFC and OpenGL experience?

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From what I remember D3D uses row vectors (so the multiplying order is Position×World×View×Projection), and OGL uses column vectors (Projection×World×View×Position, and all transformation transposed). I believe OGL's way is the correct one.

Also I just responded to a 4 year old post.