Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Oct 2008 21:49 UTC
Microsoft says it has released its new embedded operating system for x86-based devices to product manufacturers. Windows Embedded Standard 2009 eschews Vista, instead combining Windows XP codebase updates with new versions of Internet Explorer, RDP (remote desktop protocol), Windows Media Player, and .NET, according to the company.
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2005-08-07
I understand the Windows Embedded stuff is all intended to be used by corporate admins and OEM rollouts, but I can't help thinking Microsoft has made a mistake by not offering a version of these technologies for the home user and hobbyists market.
Sure there are other options available like BartPE or nLite but those are third party tools that provide an imperfect solution to the problems they address and often have limitations the official tools lack.
I wonder how many hobbyists have looked into the hoops required to jump through for both the official tools ($995 USD for the developers tools and an additional $90 USD per device) and the third party tools and have decided instead to go with Linux as the more robust and easier solution?
--bornagainpenguin