WHY WINDOWS EMBEDDED COMPACT?

With more than 15 years in the making, continuous development, enhancement, and improvement, the Windows Embedded Compact product is feature-rich, mature, and stable with a strong proven track record. Windows Embedded Compact has been adopted by hundreds of key companies worldwide with tens of millions of devices shipped.

The OS is one of the critical components for your project. With Windows Embedded Compact, you have the assurance the underlying operating system technology is supported by the largest software company on the planet, with the sole interest to help you complete your development project quickly and efficiently to ship your product.

Microsoft cannot receive license revenue from your product until you successfully complete the development, release the design to production, and ship the product to the end user.

With Windows Embedded Compact, you don’t need to worry about potential intellectual property licensing conflicts associated with components you use as part of the OS. Microsoft provides the license to use the components, available as part of the Windows Embedded Compact to support your product. Microsoft is responsible for handling any legal complications that arise from the use of these components.

Developer-Friendly Tools

Platform Builder for Windows Embedded Compact 7 is a plug-in to the Visual Studio 2008 integrated development environment (VS2008 IDE). With VS2008 IDE, Windows Embedded Compact provides an efficient and developer-friendly ...

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