Microsoft Expands Embedded Product Support
WinInfo | at | by Mike
At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco this week, Microsoft will demonstrate continued strong momentum for its Windows CE .NET and Windows XP Embedded (XPe) platforms as the company works to shore up a long-term commitment to its embedded Windows products, both internally and with its partners. Microsoft doubled shipments of its embedded products in 2001, and that the company now controls almost 20 percent of the embedded market. Since Microsoft released Windows CE .NET in early January, more than 50,000 people have downloaded the product's software emulator, which lets developers create OS images on a PC without needing to physically access the underlying hardware.
"We're also introducing a CE .NET device emulator, based on the larger Emulation Edition that was previously made available," said Megan Kidd, product manager for the Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group (EAPG). "It's much smaller--only 3MB--and it lets users view and test an OS image in a read-only view. This makes it easier for users to test images and application compatibility. It will be up on the Windows Embedded Web site [Wednesday]."