Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:12:54 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: John Oram <norami@unlimited.net> Cc: "freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Embedded MS-Windows NT Message-ID: <XFMail.990223191254.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <36D2F05D.96DBAB19@unlimited.net>
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On 23-Feb-99 John Oram wrote: > FYI > > (3) Microsoft begins embedded NT beta > > Microsoft today rolled out the first beta release of its > Windows NT Embedded 4.0 operating system to more than 350 > testing sites and expanded the beta testing program. As reported > earlier, Windows NT Embedded 4.0 is for "embedded" settings such > as point-of-sale devices, office and industrial automation, and > even as the underlying software for networking equipment. Today's > release follows November's alpha release. Yeah, when I discussed this with a friend working in the embedded sector he had to laugh since the embedded version apparantly is 12 MB whereas that's an overkill for that market. They were used to use embedded OS's of less than 1 or 2 MB. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven http://www.freebsdzine.org>; asmodai(at)wxs.nl The idea doesn not replace the work... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the messagehelp
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