CE 6.0 R2 Launch - Less Filling than Vitamin Water
I just sat through the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 live(-ish) launch and came away fairly impressed. The pre-recorded video itself reminded me of a Bill Nye the Science Guy episode (translation: overly wacky) but the small amount of real content discussed looks good. I was particularly excited to see Phytec as one of three primary companies featured because Phytec manufactured and supports the board I just received for my senior project.
In terms of personal interest, WSD or Web Services on Devices looked the most promising as I was already planning on implementing similar functionality by hand. However, I have to wonder if video calling over IP wouldn’t be a great addition to the project so the end-user can receive live support and actually look at a person.
The end of the presentation was what I found the most generally interesting, it looks like Microsoft is going somehow bring the cost of dev boards way down for general hobbyists, and include a FULL version of Visual Studio 2005 as part of the package. Enabling regular people to work on that embedded idea they’ve been kicking around in an environment that’s as user friendly as Visual Studio is a “good thing”. However, I have to wonder if it isn’t an attempt to poach some developers from the Linux camp. Even if it is a big Microsoft plot, offering developers more choice and competition in the marketplace benefits everyone.
From now on I’ll be looking for some real details, hopefully information starts trickling out on the web.
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