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____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Friday 11 July 2008 21:31 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:57:47 +0000
> <23409198.N06hFr4ijh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> MS takes Windows 3.11 out of embed to put to bed
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | First question: which electronics manufacturers embed Windows 3.11 for
>> | Workgroups in their products? Second question, and much more pressing:
>> | why?
>> |
>> | We ask merely because Microsoft has told world+dog it?s withdrawing the
>> | ancient operating system from the embedded market. In November 2008. So
>> | this gives manufacturers plenty of time to move onto something more
>> | modern? like Windows 95, maybe.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/11/microsoft_retires_windows_311_for_workgroups/
>>
>
> And here I thought Microsoft was offering an embedded
> version of Vista...?? Or at least XP?
>
> A quick Google later:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/products/whichproduct/default.mspx
>
> which gives me a few choices, were I all that willing to
> tuck into this.
>
> CE:
> 700KB total footprint, designed for ARM, MIPS, SHx, and x86.
> Runs Win32 apps. Real-time.
>
> Embedded Standard/XP Embedded:
> 40 MB "at smallest", x86 only. Full Win32 compatibility.
> Real-time via thirdparty addon.
>
> Embedded for POS:
> x86 only; footprint unknown. Supports existing
> or customized Win32 apps.
> Real-time via thirdparty addon.
>
> Embedded Enterprise XP Pro:
> 1.5 GB drive/128 MB RAM. x86 only. Existing or
> customized Win32 app support. Real-time via thirdparty addon.
>
> Embedded Enterprise Vista:
> 40 GB (!!) drive/1 GB RAM. x86 or x64. Existing or
> customized Win32 app support. Real-time via thirdparty addon.
>
> Embedded Navready:
> "Small footprint". ARM only. Real-time. Customized
> win32 app support.
>
> Microsoft. How much did you want to pay us today? :-P
It was actually in the news a while ago. It was very embarrassing that
Microsoft rejected Vista for its own 'new' embedded OS. It went with XP, which
is very old.
That's how bad Vista is. A few years ago, Gates complained about how fat
(bloated) Windows had become.
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