Microsoft Makes Surprise CE 6 Release

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 9, 2006 @09:39AM from the major-overhaul dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Unexpectedly, Microsoft has released a beta of Windows CE 6, at its mobile developer's conference (MEDC) this week. CE is the real-time OS that underpins Windows Mobile and Microsoft's other device software stacks for phones, PDAs, set-top boxes, and the like. CE 6 looks to be a major rewrite, featuring the capability to support several orders of magnitude more concurrent processes and virtual memory. Also new is support for MS's .NET IDE. Together, these new capabilities seem calculated to morph CE from a closed-box, off-the-shelf OS into a more customizable OS."

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Transcript of Press Conference by Stanistani · 2006-05-09 10:03 · Score: 3, Funny

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"Is this thing... on?"

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Re:I hate to admit it, but... by kfg · 2006-05-09 10:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I once asked my "navigation system" which way we went from here and she looked at the map and said, "Up."

Maybe it's time to upgrade.

KFG
Orders of magnitude! by Manzanita · 2006-05-09 10:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Wow! I am looking forward to being able to run "several orders of magnitude more concurrent processes." That will be 5, maybe 6 thousand concurrent processes, probably as many as 100 times as many as on my server at home! Cool!