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Microsoft Releases Windows 10 IoT Core For Small, Embedded Devices
An anonymous reader writes: One of the more interesting aspects of Microsoft's Windows 10 push is their desire to see it running on hobbyist hardware platforms. Today they released Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. They say, "Windows 10 IoT Core is a new edition for Windows targeted towards small, embedded devices that may or may not have screens. For devices with screens, Windows 10 IoT Core does not have a Windows shell experience; instead you can write a Universal Windows app that is the interface and "personality" for your device." Microsoft has posted a list of release notes for this version, calling out improved support for Python and Node.js, significantly improved GPIO performance, and more electronics support for breakout boards. Under a heading cheekily named 'Developers, Developer, Developers,' they lay out their plan for language support and provide a code sample.
You mean the track record of not being significantly broken into since Windows 7?
Unless you count a remote code execution exploit that was patched last month. Seriously, if you think Windows is secure, you just haven't been paying attention to the vulnerabilities. They're doing better than the days of Nimda and Code Red, but that's not saying much.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Lol, just shut up, neckbeard. You can't win, by most measures Windows is more secure than Linux and has been for a while.
There are millions of ATMs and other embedded windows XP machines out there languishing as unsupported because they trusted Microsoft. Millions of ATM's and other embedded computer devices will be replaced not because they need to be, but because the operating system running them is no longer supported.
You are aware that Windows XP Embedded is still supported and receiving security patches to this very day, yes?
XP Embedded was released in November 2001 and extended support does not end until January 12th 2016.
In fact if you love living life further over the edge than just using XP, it is possible to hack up XP Pro to use XP Embedded security patches - though obviously even more at-your-own-risk than ever.