Shared Source Device Emulator from Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday July 17, 2006 @07:13AM from the mentality-adjustment-may-be-necessary dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has posted a shared source version of its device emulator (which ships with Visual Studio 2005) for download. Primarily meant for academia to experiment with and build upon, it is licensed under the Microsoft Shared Source Academic License. Since it emulates the ARM processor, it can run all modern Windows Mobile and Windows CE operating systems. Barry Bond, the architect behind the emulator (and also Rotor, one of Microsoft's previous shared source offerings) has a blog post on the release."

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A no go for hobbyists by BSAtHome · 2006-07-17 07:51 · Score: 4, Informative

According to the license, only people who are in the category: "while attending or employed by an accredited educational institution". So only students, their teachers and researchers (and accredited means not your average school). That means almost nobody, sigh,...