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[Guest]

Hi,

I've tied hardly to find an explanation of how the following OS are related:

(1) Windows Embedded CE
(2) Windows Embedded for Point of Service
(3) Windows Mobile
(4) Windows Automotive
(5) Windows CE.NET

I could guess that (2),(3) and (4) are customizations for (1).
Can anyone confirm that ?

What is Windows CE.NET ?

Is it part of Windows CE 5.0 and Windows CE 6.0 ?

To develop for which ones of these Operating Systems can I use Visual
Basic/C# in Visual Studio 2005 ? Which ones I must use only C++ ?

 

[Guest]

Windows CE.NET is simply a marketing name for CE versions 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2.
Windows Mobile and Windows Automotive are indeed based on CE.
WEPOS is based on XP Embedded, not CE.

You can develop VB.NET applications for all of them with Studio 2005 (with
certain limiations on target device version).


--
Chris Tacke
OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded World
www.opennetcf.com
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[Guest]

Thanks !!!

Windows CE.NET is simply a marketing name for CE versions 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2.
Windows Mobile and Windows Automotive are indeed based on CE.
WEPOS is based on XP Embedded, not CE.

You can develop VB.NET applications for all of them with Studio 2005 (with
certain limiations on target device version).


--
Chris Tacke
OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded World
www.opennetcf.com

 

[Marc Ambrosius]

Windows CE.NET is simply a marketing name for CE versions 4.0, 4.1 and
4.2.
Windows Mobile and Windows Automotive are indeed based on CE.
WEPOS is based on XP Embedded, not CE.

....and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 will be the marketing name for CE version
6.0.

Marc