Summary
Even though Windows has various other ARM and MCU systems, Windows IoT was developed from a blank canvas. With time, the support will continue to grow for new devices and other ways to develop applications.
If you are interested in learning C# or are already a seasoned C# developer, this finally looks like the light at the end of the tunnel for an alternative embedded OS, other than the ever dominating *nix operating systems that were designed for these sorts of devices years ago.
There are many advantages in using Visual Studio and the Universal App architecture, but as of writing this chapter, there is still a lot of work to do for Microsoft.
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