Microsoft drops price on Windows CE
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Microsoft has lowered the price on Windows CE.Net to encourage developers to squeeze the operating system into consumer electronics devices and industrial equipment. The licensing fee for Windows CE.Net 4.2 will now start at $3 per device, down from around $15. The $3 fee applies to only the core version of the OS; Microsoft will also sell more elaborate versions that come complete with complex interfaces or Messenger.
"It is still quite a bit less than it has been historically," Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker also came out with a free version for noncommercial products.